chip away at

英 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

美 [tʃɪp əˈweɪ æt]

逐步破坏，渐渐削弱（观点、感觉或体制）; 逐渐还清（债务）; 慢慢减少（金额）

双语例句

• Her comments were beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.
  她的话开始削弱他的自信心。
• Half-heartedness in an entrepreneurial endeavor will chip away at your drive to succeed.
  在创业过程中三心二意，将让你失去成功的动力。
• He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.
  他用榔头和凿子铲墙。
• Such a move is unthinkable in all but the very long term. But this highly-sensitive issue might chip away at the dollar, as witnessed by the attention given to reports this week that trade between Brazil and China might soon be transacted in real and renminbi.
  但这个高度敏感的话题可能削弱美元地位，本周的新闻报道引起的关注就见证了这一点。报道称，巴西和中国的贸易不久可能以里亚尔和人民币计价。
• The deal is Microsoft's latest attempt to chip away at the dominance of the search leader, Google.
  这项协议是微软公司的最新努力，意在削弱互联网搜索业领头羊谷歌的垄断地位。
• You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer
  你们要不断地琢磨这个问题直到有人得出正确答案为止。
• Any decline in this market could chip away at the buying power of some middle-class Chinese.
  房地产市场逐渐衰弱，可能削弱中国中产阶级的购买力。
• Motorola is developing a digital tablet device that will allow users to watch television on it as it joins other tech companies aiming to chip away at a market established by Apple's popular iPad.
  摩托罗拉（Motorola）正开发一款数字平板设备，用户将能通过该设备收看电视，该公司由此加入其他科技公司的行列，以求打入由苹果（Apple）广受欢迎的iPad平板电脑开创的市场。
• If Iran seizes this opportunity, the Iranian people will benefit from rejoining the international community, and we can begin to chip away at the mistrust between our two nations.
  如果伊朗抓住这个机会，伊朗人民将重新加入国际社会并从中受益，我们也将能着手消除我们两国之间的不信任。
• Instead, the closer in quality and price the knockoffs are to the genuine products, the more the counterfeit goods chip away at the company's sales, say analysts.
  分析师们称，仿冒品在质量和价格上越接近正品，品牌商的销售受到的冲击就越大。