- 1. corrode; erode
- ♦ 风雨的~ erosion by wind and rain
- ♦ 各种酸类~金属。 Acids erode (or eat into) metals.
- ♦ 资产阶级思想的~ the corrosive influence of bourgeois ideology
- ♦ 细菌~人体。 Germs invade the human body.
- ♦ ~性 corrodibility
- 2. seize (property) in secret and bit by bit
- ♦ ~公款 embezzle public funds; help oneself to public money