蚕食 meaning in English
(比喻逐渐侵占) nibble (up); encroach on [upon]: 蚕食别国的领土 nibble another country's territory away
◇蚕食政策 the policy of “nibbling” at another country's territory
Examples
- Food and rent nibbled at the money they had saved
食品和租金蚕食着他们的积蓄。 - The competition is eating into our market share
竞争对手正在蚕食我们的市场占有率。 - Stop settling for whatever it is that is eating away at you
无论是解决停就是蚕食你 - He is the worm that has been eating at the core
他就是那个在蚕食我们这个 - But wood - eating insects called termites . .
但一种叫白蚁的昆虫蚕食了木头