汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 蠶食
蠶食 (蚕食)
to nibble away at (as silkworm consume leaves) / fig. to embezzle progressively
〈动〉像蚕吃桑叶那样一点一点地吃掉,比喻逐步侵占:~政策。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

据说这些受害者有些会被蚕食

It is said that sometimes the victim would be cannibalized.

灌木丛蚕食了越来越多蜿蜒的车道。

The shrubs encroached ever more on the twisting drive.

几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。

Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford 's traditional customer base.

几家制造商也正在蚕食福特公司传统的客户基础。

Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.

弱势美元要蚕食两家制造商的销售和盈利多长时间?

How long will the weak dollar eat into the sales and earnings of both makers?

我想象不出更加精确字眼,但思考之始就蚕食的开始。

A more exact word cannot be imagined. Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined.

磁带机市场将继续被具有价格竞争力的磁带自动化系统蚕食

The single drive market will continue to be cannibalized by competitively priced tape automation systems.

不仅如此,在任何时代都能提供营养,历经数千年的蚕食,仍然不枯。

Not only that, it can give us nourishment at any time, though they are nibbled for several thousands of years, they are still fresh.

这次月食从美国东部时间凌晨1点33分开始,地球的影子开始“蚕食”月亮这块奶酪。

ET, when the Earth's shadow began taking a "bite" out of the lunar cheese.

在“中国学术的深层危机”的背景下,编辑成了被追逐、拉拢、攀附、合谋的对象和进攻、暗算、攫取、蚕食的目标。

Under the background of serious academic crisis of China, editors are the targets who are chased, roped in, sought connection with, plotted together.