1610s, "gnaw or eat away" (transitive), a back-formation from erosion, or else from French éroder, from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume," from assimilated form of ex- "away" (see ex-) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent). Intransitive sense "become worn away" is by 1905. Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830.
雙語例句
1. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.
美國人心中上帝賦予了他們獨(dú)一無二的品質(zhì)的信念開始逐漸喪失。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The pressure towards uniformity constantly threatens to erode local traditions.
一體化的壓力一直威脅著地方傳統(tǒng).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.
剛好在這個(gè)時(shí)候，美元開始迅速貶值。
來自柯林斯例句
4. These high levels of inequality erode social cohesion in the region.
這些嚴(yán)重的不平等侵蝕了該地區(qū)的社會(huì)凝聚力。
來自辭典例句
5. They had already seen the value of their stock erode considerably.