另有一件事情使他十分煩惱。
Loneliness ate at her heart.

孤獨感折磨著她。

吃吧,孩子們,盡情地吃吧。
They have been eating away for more than an hour.

他們一直吃了一個多小時。
The children are in the kitchen, eating away as usual.

孩子們在廚房里,像平常一樣痛快地吃著東西。 eat sth ? away
The river is eating away the bank in several places.

河水正侵蝕著好幾處河岸。
The sea water is eating away the base of the cliff.

海水沖蝕著懸崖的底部。
Frost and weather had eaten away the mortar.

風霜雨雪剝蝕了泥灰。
Rust was eating away the iron post.

鐵銹腐蝕著鐵柱。
Cancer ate away the healthy flesh.

癌癥侵蝕了健康的肌體。
The rats have eaten away most of the woodwork.

老鼠把木器全啃壞了。
This part has been eaten away by insects.

這部分被蟲子蛀掉了。
The river bank is slowly being eaten away .

河岸正在慢慢地被侵蝕掉。 eat away at sth
The sea has been eating away at this cliff for centuries.

千百年來海水一直在侵蝕著這懸崖峭壁。

中國人用碗吃飯。

別讓腐朽的思想侵蝕你。
Acids eat into metals.

酸會腐蝕金屬。
The sulphuric acid ate into the parts of the metal where the coat of paint had peeled.

硫酸腐蝕了這塊鐵上涂層剝落的地方。
Can you see where the rust has begun eating into the bottom of the driver's door?

你能看得出鐵銹是從哪兒開始侵蝕到司機座旁的那扇門底部嗎?
The substance has begun eating into the woodwork.

這種物質開始腐蝕木器。
The insects eat into the wood.

蟲蛀壞了木頭。
The icy chill ate into my bones.

我感到寒氣侵骨。
The sea has eaten into the north shore.

海水侵蝕了北岸。
Don't leave the aluminium spoon in the saltcellar.It will be eaten into by salt.

別把鋁勺留在鹽罐中,因為鹽腐蝕鋁。 eat into sth
The school fees have eaten into our savings.

為了支付學費,我們已經開始動用積蓄了。
The money they spent on the washing machine ate into their holiday savings.

他們買洗衣機用掉了他們準備度假的一部分積蓄。
Jim's illness has seriously eaten into his small savings.

吉姆因生病幾乎花光了他不多的積蓄。 eat oneself into sth
They were eating themselves into their graves.

他們吃喝過度,在自找死路。 eat into sb/sth
The sort of Persian summer day here ate into you with its heat.

波斯夏天的酷熱真叫人受不了。
Guilt had been eating into his conscience for some months.

幾個月來內疚一直折磨著他的良心。

他們飽餐了一頓。
The tiger ate of the deer.

老虎吃了鹿的一部分。

他們現在下不起館子了。
They had to eat out because the stove broke down.

爐子壞了,他們只得到外面吃。
He used to eat out in the evening.

他過去在晚上常出去吃飯。
I'm too tired to cook tonight; shall we eat out?

今晚我累得不能做飯了,我們去外面吃好嗎?
I see no point eating out so often with a spacious and well-equipped kitchen at home.

我不明白家里有這么寬敞、設備齊全的廚房,為什么還要經常到外面吃飯。
We need a baby-sitter tonight, because we are eating out.

我們今晚需要一個看孩子的,因為我們要到外邊吃飯。
I used to eat out in the evening when my parents were on night shifts.

以前,我父母上夜班時,我常在外面吃晚飯。 eat sth ? out
Rust had eaten out the gun barrel.

鐵銹腐蝕了槍管。
A little oil presently eats out the colour.

只要有一點油就會使那顏色褪去。 eat one's heart out
She is eating her heart out because Jim never writes to her.

她非常難過,因為吉姆從來不給她寫信。
She was eating her heart out for her missing child.

她為她丟失的孩子在默默無聞地忍受悲痛。
She is eating her heart out because she can't go to that dance.

她正在發愁,因為她不能去參加那個舞會。
It's no use eating your heart out about things that can't be helped.

沒有法子的事,著急也沒有用。
What's done is done, and it's no use eating your heart out about it.

過去的事情已無法改變,悲傷也無濟于事。

一定要讓狗吃完它自己碟中的食物。

來,全部吃光,還剩好多呢!
There is plenty for us, so eat up!

東西多得很,吃個痛快吧! eat sth ? up
After swimming all afternoon, they quickly ate up all their dinners.

游泳游了一下午之后,他們把晚飯一掃而光。
The children ate up all the candies.

孩子們把糖果吃光了。
Eat up your vegetables; there's a good girl!

把菜都吃光,那才是個好姑娘!
The boy was not allowed to leave the table until he had eaten up his vegetables.

那男孩不把菜吃光,就不讓他離開飯桌。
The mother told the child to eat up her spinach and to drink up her milk.

母親告訴孩子把菠菜吃掉并把牛奶喝完。
After playing all afternoon, we were so hungry that we ate up all the cookies in the house.

玩了一下午后,我們都很餓,以至將家里所有吃的都一掃而光。
The worms will soon eat up all the leaves on the trees if we don't stop them.

如果我們不加制止的話,蟲子很快就會把樹葉吃個精光。
The cat ate up three little mice.

這貓吃了三只小老鼠。
In a short while, the cat ate up the fish.

不久,那只貓便將魚吃個精光。 eat sth ? up
Extravagant spending ate up his savings.

大肆揮霍耗盡了他的積蓄。
Rent eats up as much as 25 to 35 per cent of the whole family income.

房租要耗去全家收入的25%到35%。
That big house eats up money.

那幢大房子所耗費用巨大。
This new heating system eats up electricity.

這個新供暖系統耗電量很大。
It's true that it's a comfortable car, but it eats up the petrol.

這輛車確實舒服,但耗油量太大了。
It ate up all his time.

這事把他所有的時間都占用掉了。
Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it.

閑談不知不覺地耗費掉了他們的時間。
Don't let family cares eat up your interest in literary pursuits.

不要讓家庭操勞消磨掉你對文學研究的興趣。
The flames ate up the building.

大火燒毀了房子。
The house was eaten up by flames in no time.

房子頃刻被火吞沒。
Her savings have been eaten up by illness.

她的積蓄因為生病全給用光了。
Wage increases were eaten up by the rise in the cost of living.

工資的增加全給生活費用的上漲抵消掉了。 eat sb ? up
Is something eating her up?She seems worried.

她有什么傷心事嗎? 她似乎很煩惱。 eat sth ? up
He ate up the stories of their journeys.

他聽了他們的游記故事,相信得不得了。
When his friends told him that he was a first-class football player, he ate up their praise.

當朋友們說他是一個第一流的足球運動員時,他覺得十分心安理得。
The girls told John he was a hero because he made the winning touchdown, and he ate up their praise.

姑娘們說約翰是英雄,因為他在比賽中贏得了決定性的一分,約翰聽了心里樂滋滋的。 eat sth ? up
The boat was eating her way up towards the wind.

這條船迎風快速前進。
The little red car ate up the soggy miles.

那輛紅色小汽車一會兒就駛完了那段數英里長的濕漉漉的路。
Twenty minutes in the car ate up the distance between the two shipyards.

乘20分鐘汽車,就趕完了兩座船廠之間的路程。 eat sb ? up
He was such a clever speaker that he always ate up the opposition.

他是個很精明的演說家,總能擊敗對手。
You shouldn't have put the new teacher in charge of that troublesome class; they'll eat him up.

你不應該讓那位新教師負責那個亂班,他們會搞垮他的。

她仿佛已經被驕傲沖昏了頭腦。
Don't be eaten up with pride.

不要被驕傲沖昏了頭腦。
She was eaten up with jealousy.

她妒火中燒。
He is being eaten up with curiosity.

他好奇心切。
Be careful not to get eaten up with pride.

注意,不要驕傲自滿。