削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西

chipped away at───削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西

chip away at───削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西

chips away at───削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西

chasing away───赶走；驱逐

chipping sparrow───削麻雀

chucking away───v.扔掉；浪费；失去

dropping away───离开；逐渐减少；点点滴滴地消失

While the upgrade story is still poor, Microsoft has been slowly chipping away at the problem.───尽管进行升级仍然显得捉襟见肘，微软一直在不断铲除这个问题。

He was chipping away at the stone.───他不停地凿那块石头。

tabloids, throughout history, on both sides of the Atlantic, have been predicated on chipping away at that division.───大西洋两岸，一直以来，小报的着眼点都是为了削弱（普通民众和社会精英之间的）分界。

'What the net seems to be doing is chipping away at my capacity and concentration. '───网络似乎是在一点点的削弱我的能力，让我的注意力日益无法集中。

Trembling with fear, they spotted an old man with a hammer and chisel, chipping away at one of the headstones .───浑身颤抖着，他们发现有个老人正拿着榔头和凿子凿一块墓碑。

Trembling with fear, they found an old man with a hammer and chisel , chipping away at one of the headstones .───正当两人害怕得浑身颤抖时，他们看到是个老头拿着铁锤和凿子，在一块墓石上凿着什么。

Unexpectedly large federal budget cuts are chipping away at quarterly growth rates with less of a cushion than previously imagined.───意想不到的大幅度联邦预算削减正在一点点地削弱季度经济增长率，从而留下了比预想更小的缓冲余地。

"It was a nail in the coffin, " said Mr. Zuckoff, noting that other reporters had also begun chipping away at Ponzi's scheme.───“这是棺材上的一颗钉，”祖柯夫评论道，注意到其他记者也已经开始零星追踪庞氏骗局。

Nicolas Sarkozy is chipping away at taxes and regulations, and wants Paris to expand through private-sector development.───尼古拉.萨科齐将减免和税收，调节税率，通过私营企业的发展，来使巴黎经济迅速复苏。

The mason was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.

The government seems to be chipping away at people's rights.

Archaeologists were carefully chipping away at the rock.

He is chipping away at a block marble with a chisel.

He was chipping away at the rock with a hammer.

He kept chipping away at the problem until he had solved it.

The manager kept chipping away at the problem until he had solved it.

He was chipping away at the stone.

He was chipping away at the rocks, looking for fossils.