eroded

1. V-ERG （使）侵蚀;(使)腐蚀;(使)风化
   If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.
   1. By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded...
      到1980年，迈阿密海滩已经完全风蚀了。
   2. Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
      一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
2. V-ERG （权威、权利、信心等）逐渐丧失；削弱
   If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed.
   1. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority...
      批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
   2. America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.
      美国人心中上帝赋予了他们独一无二的品质的信念开始逐渐丧失。
3. V-ERG （使）贬值;（使）降价
   If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.
   1. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits...
      金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
   2. The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.
      刚好在这个时候，美元开始迅速贬值。

1. By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded
   到1980年，迈阿密海滩已经完全风蚀了。
2. Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
   一旦暴露在外，土壤很快就会被风雨侵蚀。
3. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority
   批评家们说他在改革问题上的蹩脚做法已经削弱了他的权威。
4. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits
   金融市场的竞争降低了利润。
5. The ground had eroded.
   这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
6. Their sense of social propriety is eroded.
   他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。
7. This rock has been weathered and eroded.
   这块岩石经风吹日晒已被侵蚀。
8. The years have eroded the inscription on the stone.
   碑文经受了岁月的磨洗。
9. The controversies appear to have eroded support for Obama in national polls.
   在全国民意测验上，这两项争议似乎削弱了对奥巴马的支持度。
10. But the corporate influence over some areas of design may be eroded by technological advances.
    但是公司对某些设计领域的影响力可能会被技术进步削弱。
11. The creeping tide of nationalisation eroded incentives for investment, and swept away the resources needed for private investment.
    逐渐兴起的国有化浪潮削弱了投资激励，卷走了私人投资所需的资源。
12. The worry is that, by then, the achievements of the past decade may have been eroded.
    目前的担忧在于，到了那时，过去10年取得的成就也许已遭到削弱。
13. This brain drain has blunted the multinationals 'competitive edge and eroded their position in China.
    这种人才流失削弱了跨国企业的竞争优势，动摇了它们在中国的地位。
14. Rock underlying glaciers is eroded by plucking.
    冰川下面的岩石则是通过拔削作用被侵蚀的。
15. But we have not done so. Instead, we have drifted, and that drifting has eroded our resources, fractured our economy, and shaken our confidence.
    但我们没有这样做，而是听之任之，以致损耗了我们的资源，破坏了我们的经济，动摇了我们的信心。
16. Wind and water eroded the soil.
    风雨侵蚀了这片土地。
17. Investor and market expectations have eroded the timetable for capital transition.
    投资者和市场预期破坏了资本调整的时间表。
18. But by the end of the1960s, economic prosperity was being eroded by persistent inflation.
    可是到了60年代末，经济繁荣受到持续的通货膨胀的侵蚀。
19. They produce a barrier beach with an eroded zone in front and a lagoon or salt marsh behind.
    它们形成了一个前有侵蚀带后有泻湖和盐沼的堤洲堰滩。
20. The moral and political authority of the US has been completely eroded, he said.
    美国的道德和政治权威已被完全侵蚀，他表示。
21. His behaviour over the last few months has eroded my confidence in his judgement.
    他的近几月来的行为已经消磨了我对他的判断能力的信心。
22. Soil can be eroded away by wind and water.
    泥土能够被风和水侵蚀掉。
23. But adults 'expectations are further confirmation of how economic and social values have been eroded.
    而大人们的期望只是进一步表明，经济价值观和社会价值观受到了怎样的侵蚀。
24. Support for the government was eroded by the mistakes they made.
    他们所犯的错误极大地影响了大众对政府的支持。
25. This is important, as folded and eroded basements are by no means uncommon in deep basins.
    这是重要的，因为褶皱基底和被侵蚀基底在深海盆地中决不是少见的。
26. The cliffs have eroded over the centuries.
    几世纪以来悬崖已被侵蚀掉。
27. But Watergate eroded its foundations.
    但水门事件削弱了这一路线的基础。
28. For they are never eroded by frost or by rivers armed with gravel.
    因为它们不曾被霜和砂砾侵蚀。
29. So the expected benefits were eroded.
    因而预期的效益被削弱了。
30. Along with the economic development, arable land is eroded by urbanization, is reduced.
    随着经济的发展，耕地被城市化进程侵蚀，呈现逐步减少的趋势。

adj

1. worn away as by water or ice or wind

   Synonym:    scoured