英和和英

動詞

eat away at (三人称単数 現在形 eats away at, 現在分詞 eating away at, 過去形 ate away at, 過去分詞 eaten away at)

1. (transitive) To erode.

   The river is eating away at the river bank.

2. (transitive) To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually.

   The expenses ate away at our profits.

3. (transitive) To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something.

   Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.