eat學測 L1KK [ˈit] ｜ /ˈit/
吃；進食·耗盡；用光·腐蝕；侵蝕·折磨；使焦慮
eat 不只是吃飯，也吃掉預算和信心
Worry can eat away at your confidence just like rain eats away at metal.
煩惱啃蝕自信，就像雨水腐蝕金屬一樣。
一個畫面：把東西一口一口吃掉，直到慢慢消失的過程
張口吃下用嘴巴咬、嚼、吞下食物
一點一滴耗損像被啃咬一樣，資源、金屬或情緒慢慢被消耗殆盡
啃蝕至消失耗損持續下去，直到預算、表面或信心所剩無幾
義項
咬下食物A1verb吃；進食
I eat rice and vegetables for dinner every day.
我每天晚餐都吃飯和蔬菜。
eat breakfasteat a sandwich
吃穿積蓄A2verb耗盡；用光
Buying too many snacks will eat through your pocket money quickly.
買太多零食會很快把你的零用錢吃光。
eat through a budget
雨水腐蝕A2verb腐蝕；侵蝕
If you leave a metal chair outside, the rain will eat away at its surface.
如果把金屬椅子放在外面，雨水會慢慢腐蝕它的表面。
eat away at a surface
焦慮啃蝕A2verb折磨；使焦慮
The exams next week are starting to eat away at his confidence.
下星期的考試開始一點一滴啃蝕他的自信。
eat away at your confidence
片語
eat your words吞回自己的話 →收回先前所說的話
eat your heart out羨慕到心痛 →眼紅別人的成就
eat through吃穿預算 →把資源迅速耗盡
eat away at一點一滴啃蝕 →逐漸侵蝕或折磨
你會不會這樣說？
『Worry can eat away at your confidence.』這句話中，eat away at 是什麼意思？
看答案
一點一滴地損傷、侵蝕
eat away at 描述像啃咬般，逐漸造成傷害或耗損
『eat through pocket money』是指把零用錢存下來，對不對？
看答案
不對
eat through 表示快速耗盡，不是存錢
字族
eater 吃東西的人・eating 吃的動作；進食中・eaten eat 的過去分詞