侵蚀；痛快地吃，尽情地吃

eaten away───侵蚀；痛快地吃，尽情地吃

waste away───日渐衰弱；日益消瘦

came away───离开；脱落

eats away───侵蚀；痛快地吃，尽情地吃

fade away───逐渐消失

game away───赌输掉

gave away───赠送；丧失；泄露

made away───急忙离开

make away───急忙离开

His constant criticism ate away at her self-confidence.───他不断的批评使她逐渐丧失了自信心。

Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.───癌症侵蚀了健康的肌体。

For eons, the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.───长时期以来波涛汹涌的海浪冲蚀着海岸线。

The disappointment was enormous; I could have exploded, like a volcano, but I had to leave it inside and it ate away at me.───巨大的失望，我可能会爆炸，像火山，但我不得不离开它，它里面侵蚀我。

His body is lifeless, having finally succumbed to the lung cancer that ate away at him the last two years.───他的身体是冷冰冰的，终于敌不过肺癌，侵蚀他的最后两年。

Her humiliation ate away the last of her confidence like silkworms munching on mulberry leaves.───她心里的耻辱像蚕食桑叶般的，一点一点，侵蚀了仅存的那点自信。

Waves that ate away the beach; an acid that eats the surface of a machine part.───海浪侵蚀海滩；腐蚀机器零件表层的酸。

the way in which the canker of doubt about the credibility of religious doctrine ate away at him.───对宗教可靠性的疑质像溃疡一样侵蚀着他（是否比较通顺点？）

While 82 percent of females questioned said telling a lie ate away at their conscience, only 70 percent of men confessed to pangs of guilt.───调查还显示，82%的女性说谎“让良心过不去”，而70%男性承认谎后有罪恶感。

The acid ate away the metal.

Resentment ate away at their relationship.

A series of ice ages ate away the forest habitats where Neanderthals and their predecessors, Homo heidelbergensis, made a living sneaking up on big game.

For eons,the pounding waves ate away at the shoreline.

The thought of her child left helpless and alone ate away at her.

In the intervening years, as property taxes ate away at their nest egg, their proposals for other developments fell flat.

Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.

The acid in the rain slowly ate away at the stone wall.

His constant criticism ate away at her self-confidence.