chip away
US /tʃɪp əˈwe/
・UK /tʃip əˈwei/
A2 初級
phr. v.片語動詞逐漸削弱
The constant criticism was chipping away at her confidence.
phr. v.片語動詞鑿掉
He started to chip away at the ice with an axe.
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如果在職場上遭到霸凌，該如何應對以及尋求協助？(How to tell if you're being bullied at work | BBC Ideas)
- I think bullying can be so detrimental and can be so sinister because it can be just even those little comments that are meant to chip away at your self-esteem and your self-worth,
我認為霸凌可能會對人造成嚴重的傷害，因為即使只是那些意在削弱你自尊和自尊心的小評論，也可能非常陰險，
- that are meant to chip away at your self-esteem
旨在打擊你的自尊心
俄羅斯越來越依賴中國 | DW 新聞 (Russia's growing reliance on China | DW News)
- So we know that the Chinese and the Russians, for frankly, decades now, in certainly since Xi Jinping came to power, so what's that, so nearly 15 years, they've been looking to undermine and chip away at the Western alliance in the broadest sense.
所以我們知道，中國和俄羅斯，坦白說，幾十年來，尤其自從習近平上臺以來，那大概將近15年了，他們一直在試圖削弱和瓦解廣義上的西方聯盟。
- So we know that the Chinese and the Russians, for frankly, decades now—and certainly since Xi Jinping came to power, so what's that?—so nearly 15 years, they've been looking to undermine and chip away at the Western alliance in the broadest sense.
所以我們知道，中國和俄羅斯，坦白說，幾十年來，尤其自從習近平上臺以來，那大概將近15年了，他們一直在試圖削弱和瓦解廣義上的西方聯盟。
買房還是租房？超划算的抉擇大公開！ (Renting vs. Buying a home)
- and then I pay a little bit to chip away at the whole value of the loan.
在很多抵押貸款中，當你每月支付你的月供。
- And it takes 30 years to chip away at the whole thing,
您每月支付的大部分費用，至少在初期是這樣的。
學會卡羅康防禦 | 10分鐘西洋棋開局教學 (Learn the Caro-Kann Defense | 10-Minute Chess Openings)
- The one thing about the protect variation, this one looks a little bit strange, not scary, but it's actually pretty dangerous, it's called the fantasy variation, and against this what I like to do is I like to just go g6, bishop g7, and then slowly try to chip away at white's center.
關於保護變例，這個看起來有點奇怪，並不可怕，但實際上很危險，它被稱為幻想變例，對付這個變例，我喜歡走g6，象走g7，然後慢慢地試圖削掉白棋的中心。
- and then slowly try to chip away at White's center.
迪士尼最讓人驚奇的30個陰謀論！你絕對想不到！ (Top 30 Mind Blowing Disney Conspiracy Theories)
- Later, he would have taken Chip away, which would anger Enchantress enough to curse everyone, thus turning Chip and Mrs. Potts into teacups.
後來，他把奇普帶走了，這足以激怒魔女，讓她詛咒所有人，從而把奇普和波茨夫人變成了茶杯。
- Later, he would have taken Chip away, which would anger enchantress enough to curse everyone, thus turning Chip and Mrs.
哇，你真是個充滿活力的女孩。
瑞典的房屋工廠如何拯救美國房價！ (How Sweden’s Housing Factories Could Fix US Home Prices)
- Creating a national building code, building a code for modular housing to help chip away again at some of these challenges that make it harder to bring units online.
制定國家建築規範，為模組化房屋制定規範，再次幫助我們克服這些讓單位難以推出的挑戰。
- I know they're looking more closely at how to ease some of those supply constraints and look at it more streamlining of creating a national building code, building a code for modular housing to help chip away, again, at some of these challenges that make it harder to bring units online.
傳統建築業，但過去半個世紀以來，很少有主要行業有這麼小的改變。
你可能沒察覺到的情感虐待，該怎麼辦？😱 (Emotional Abuse You Didn’t Realize Was Happening (What To Do))
- They chip away at your confidence, your boundaries, and even how you see yourself.
dismissive tone，subtle look。
- They chip away at your confidence, your boundaries, and even how you see yourself.
它們會一點一點地侵蝕你的 confidence、你的 boundaries，甚至你對自己的看法。
當你已讀不回（Ghosting）別人時，會發生什麼事？ (What Happens When Ghosting Someone)
- But the more you ghost, the harder it becomes to face things head on, in relationships, in work, in life, and over time, that habit can quietly chip away at our confidence and self-trust.
但你越是鬼迷心竅，就越難在人際關係、工作和生活中直面問題，久而久之，這種習慣就會悄無聲息地削弱我們的自信和自我信任。
- over time, that habit can quietly chip away at our confidence and self-trust.
如果你是在衝突中長大的，而衝突讓你感覺可怕或不可預知，那麼你迴避艱難的對話也就在情理之中了。