erode的意思|erode的解释-里氏词典

Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
{Rodent}.]
1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the
flesh. ``The blood . . . erodes the vessels.'' --Wiseman.

The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the
gun. --Am. Cyc.

2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers
erode U-shaped valleys.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's
base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the
buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
[PJC]

Despite its performance, BankAmerica's stock continues to erode from a high of $36.37 posted in September 1989.
The county's tax base, 85% dependent on farmland, would erode even further if the programs were abandoned and land prices fell.
Microsoft added 1/2 to 74. The leading software maker unveiled the newest version of its Excel spreadsheet package, which is expected to further erode Lotus Development's share of the spreadsheet market.
As a result, he expects cattle prices to erode into November.
He also reasoned that Binder's advantages could not last as growing competition between the larger firms began to erode its client base.
If payment is put off for a significant time, inflation may erode its value and it may not be available for you to invest it for interest, dividends or capital gains.
In California, State Health Services Director Kenneth Kizer said the national advisory is based on weak scientific evidence and will result in unfounded fears, will further erode confidence in government, and waste money.
Threats of a security transfer tax, a higher marginal tax rate on personal income or a stiff surcharge on personal income taxes all erode economic incentives, efficiency and productivity.
Few policies had protection against inflation, which can seriously erode the value of the policy over time.
Such risks are likely to figure more strongly in custodians' thoughts if margins on business in emerging markets erode without corresponding improvements in market infrastructure.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association says federal spending cuts negotiated between Congress and the Bush administration will erode an already faltering rural economy if they are not reversed.
And recently, Zenith's chance to get a good price for its computer business began to erode.
Senior administration officials are suggesting that Americans wear more hats, sunscreen and sunglasses rather than cut back production of chemicals that erode the earth's natural barrier against cancer-causing ultraviolet rays.
These tougher conditions erode the margins of safety in banking operations.
Restricting prescription discounts "prevents potentially destructive price wars that could erode the integrity of pharmaceutical services," the state court said.
If the change in attitudes does help erode companies' old loyalties to their unwanted staff, corporate Japan could come out of it leaner and meaner.
Continental Can, once a leading maker of steel cans for the food and beverage industry, saw its market erode in the 1970s with the advent of aluminum cans and the trend among food makers to manufacture their own cans.
Public support will erode the longer it drags on without a resolution.
The aim of a guerrilla war is to slowly, through single, small actions culminating in larger operations, erode the domestic and international perception of a government's legitimacy.
Simultaneously, large investors have been unreceptive to dollar paper, in part because of concern about the dollar's potential to erode against other major currencies.
It passed up this week's chance to cut its official interest rates further. The Danish 'yes' vote was thought likely to erode some of the german currency's safe haven appeal, but in the event the movements have been modest.
"But the the GM revenue continues to erode and that pressures overall growth."
However, a prolonged strike would erode share prices, they said. Chemicals stood out in a dull day for corporate news.
Nevertheless, increasing competition from Japan and Europe could further erode profits.
He said more publicity would further erode his business, which is just beginning to recover.
Despite the politicans' conciliatory words, there were those who speculated Arena would use its position in the assembly to further erode popular support for the Chistian Democrats by opposing government initiatives.
Meanwhile, deferred interest payments and the writing-off of bad assets are also large enough to erode the bulk of banks' gross profits. In these conditions, financial institutions have naturally become risk-averse in their lending policies.
In most "nasty times," stocks erode for months rather than crash.
Rankings continue to erode, but at a reduced pace: Moody's downgraded 18 hospitals in both the first half of this year and the first half of 1989, but upgrades rose to seven this year from four in the 1989 half.
Such charges have failed to erode Kohl's status as the man most likely to win the first united German elections since 1933.

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