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

• Which are working to chip away at the navel-gazing literary culture of Anglo-American letters.
  他们致力于逐渐改变弥漫于英美文学圈子里的如井底之蛙般的风气。
• I am trying to chip away at them from various angles: by considering – among other topics – the'doubleness'of Mozart's accompanied sonatas; Mozart's uses of silence in his instrumental music;
  我试图从很多不同的角度来逐步剖析这些：与其他课题放在一起，思考研究莫扎特伴奏奏鸣曲的双重性；
• 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。
• 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。
• But in a landmark move this year, the central bank gave them more flexibility in setting benchmark lending and deposit rates, unleashing competitive forces that have already started to chip away at their margins.
  但中国央行今年做出了一项具有里程碑意义的举措，赋予银行在制定基准存贷款利率方面更多的灵活性，释放出竞争方面的压力。这些竞争已经开始导致它们的利润率下降。
• If done on a large scale, this would chip away at the state banking monopoly.
  如果大批贷款公司变身为银行，将会打破国有银行所处的垄断地位。
• Her comments were beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.
  她的话开始削弱他的自信心。
• 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。
• If we admit that people need advice, we chip away at the foundations of most economic thought.
  如果我们承认人们需要建议，那么我们就动摇了大多数经济学思想的基础。
• 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。