erodes

英 [ɪˈrəʊdz]

美 [ɪˈroʊdz]

v.  侵蚀; 腐蚀; 风化; 逐渐毁坏; 削弱; 损害
erode的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）侵蚀;(使)腐蚀;(使)风化
  If rock or soilerodesoris erodedby the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.
  1. By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded...
     到1980年，迈阿密海滩已经完全风蚀了。
  2. Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
     一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
• V-ERG （权威、权利、信心等）逐渐丧失；削弱
  If someone's authority, right, or confidenceerodesoris eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed.
  1. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority...
     批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
  2. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.
     美国人心中上帝赋予了他们独一无二的品质的信念开始逐渐丧失。
• V-ERG （使）贬值;（使）降价
  If the value of somethingerodesoris erodedby something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.
  1. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits...
     金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
  2. The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.
     刚好在这个时候，美元开始迅速贬值。

双语例句

• Or think it's not their job to navigate working relationship, trust erodes.
  或者认为维护工作关系与他们无关的时候，团队的信任就受损害了。
• Nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral, no matter what name we give it.
  任何凌驾于法律之上的行为都是不道德的，不管我们给它们取的名字有多花哨！
• Theft of intellectual property is a crime that erodes the incentive to create and poses a serious barrier to making legitimate products and services available to the public.
  盗取知识产权是一种犯罪，不但打击了创造的积极性，也对制造供大众使用的合法产品和服务造成严重的障碍。
• Improvement in terms of trade is limited as competition erodes price.
  由于竞争压低了价格，贸易条件的改善就受到限制。
• The proposals, published by the International Accounting Standards Board, come as banks report mounting losses on existing loans as the global economic downturn erodes the ability of both consumers and companies to pay back debts.
  IASB公布该提案之际，随着全球经济低迷侵蚀了消费者和企业偿还债务的能力，银行现有贷款的损失不断扩大。
• This is the kind of Biblical study which clearly harms the church and erodes the Christian's confidence in the Bible!
  这种《圣经》研究对教会有害无益，因为这样损害了信徒对《圣经》的信任。
• That is bad for the dollar, since inflation erodes a currency's value.
  这对美元来说是个不利因素，因为通货膨胀会侵蚀美元价值。
• They're right about that: an undervalued currency promotes inflation, erodes the real wages of Chinese workers and squanders Chinese resources.
  他们在这一点上也是有道理的：定值低的货币将会促进通货膨胀，侵蚀中国工人的实际工资，浪费中国的资源。
• Global warming erodes coastlines, spreads pests and water-borne diseases and produces more erratic weather patterns.
  全球变暖侵蚀海岸线，使虫灾泛滥、水性传染病扩散，气候变化更加无常。
• Unnecessary cost erodes the profits.
  一些不必要的费用影响利润。