chip away

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chip away (第三人称单数简单现在时 chips away，现在分词 chipping away，一般过去时及过去分词 chipped away)

  1. (俗语，不及物) 一点点地削减，一点点地削弱 （常带at）
    • 1991, Jan Gorak, The Making of the Modern Canon: Genesis and Crisis of a Literary Idea，页号 24:
      Iraneus contrasts the unity and integrity of these writings with the distorted, contextless citations of the Gnostics. He describes the code of textual harassment that allows these heretics to chip away at the Scriptures, […]
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    • 1995 6月 15, John Edwards, 引 Matthew Towers, “How the Chips Fall”, 出自 CIO, 卷 8, 号 17, CXO Media, Inc., →ISSN，页号 76:
      Matthew Towers, senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan, thinks the PowerPC will gradually build market share over the next several years. “They'll ‘chip’ away at Intel, but slowly,” he says.
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    • 1997, Robert L. Heath, Strategic Issues Management: Organizations and Public Policy Challenges, SAGE Publications, →ISBN，页号 77:
      Antismoking groups continue their efforts to chip away at the public support for smoking as well as at the favorable treatment of tobacco products.
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