"gnaw away at" 怎么发音
expression
NAW uh-WAY at
NAW uh-WAY at
释义
To slowly damage or destroy something, like doubt or guilt repeatedly bothering someone and not leaving their mind.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈnɔ/ /əˈweɪ/ /ˈæt
英式英语
nˈɔː/ /ɐwˈeɪ/ /ˈæt
简化发音
美式
NAW uh-WAY at
英式
NAW uh-WAY at
语境中听
Worries can gnaw away at you if you don’t talk about them.
Guilt began to gnaw away at him after he told the lie.
Rust will slowly gnaw away at the metal.
No matter what he did, the mistake kept gnawing away at him.