eat away

心をむしばむ、悩ませる

不安や罪悪感で人を長く苦しめる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel worried or guilty for a long time.

• Guilt was eating away at him.
• That unanswered question has eaten away at me for years.
• Does regret still eat away at you?

使い方： eat away at someone (The secret was eating away at her.)

類義語： gnaw at, trouble, torment

よく使う表現： eat away inside, eat away constantly

腐食する、侵食する

固い物を少しずつ傷め、その一部を失わせる。

やさしい英語で： To slowly damage and remove part of a solid material.

• Rust ate away the metal.
• The waves are eating away at the beach.
• Much of the stone had been eaten away by rain.

使い方： eat away something (Acid can eat away the metal.); eat away at something (Waves ate away at the cliff.); be eaten away by something (The pipes were eaten away by rust.)

類義語： erode, corrode, wear away

よく使う表現： eat away metal, eat away stone, eat away something

むしばむ、徐々に減らす

信頼や貯金、自信など大切なものを少しずつ損なう。

やさしい英語で： To slowly reduce or destroy something valuable, such as trust, money, or confidence.

• Fees eat away our savings.
• Repeated lies ate away at their trust.
• Will rising costs eat away all our profits?

使い方： eat away at something (Constant arguments ate away at their friendship.); eat away something (Bank fees eat away our savings.)

類義語： erode, undermine, deplete

よく使う表現： eat away confidence, eat away savings, eat away trust