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nibble (away) at something
phrasal verb with nibbleverbuk /ˈnɪb.əl/ us /ˈnɪb.əl/
to slowly reduce something: 逐渐消耗，蚕食
Even when inflation is low, it nibbles away at people's savings, reducing their value considerably over several years.即便通货膨胀率不高，它也在慢慢消耗人们的储蓄，在几年间使其大大贬值。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
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