chip away

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chip away (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 chips away，現在分詞 chipping away，一般過去時及過去分詞 chipped away)

1. (俗語，不及物) 一點點地削減，一點點地削弱 （常帶at）
   • 1991, Jan Gorak, The Making of the Modern Canon: Genesis and Crisis of a Literary Idea，第 24 頁:

     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年6月15日, John Edwards, 引 Matthew Towers, 「How the Chips Fall」, 出自 CIO, 第 8 卷, 第 17 號, CXO Media, Inc., →ISSN，第 76 頁:

     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，第 77 頁:

     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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近義詞

• plug away, beaver away

參見

• salami tactics