"gnaw away at" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 折磨
• 一点点消耗

Definition

指慢慢损害、蚕食某物，或形容疑虑、内疚等持续困扰某人，挥之不去。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于描述困扰不止的消极情绪（如‘gnaw away at his mind’），比喻意义大于字面意思。

Examples

Worries can gnaw away at you if you don’t talk about them.

如果你不说出来，烦恼会一直**折磨**你。

Guilt began to gnaw away at him after he told the lie.

他说谎后，内疚开始**折磨**他。

Rust will slowly gnaw away at the metal.

锈会慢慢**蚕食**金属。

No matter what he did, the mistake kept gnawing away at him.

无论他做什么，这个错误一直在**折磨**他。

The fear of failure started to gnaw away at her confidence.

对失败的恐惧开始**削弱**她的自信。

Those unspoken doubts can really gnaw away at a team’s trust.

那些没有说出口的怀疑真的会**损害**团队的信任。