- 蝕む
- むしばむ【蝕む】**eat|自|(酸・波・心痛などが)〔…を〕(徐々に)破壊する, むしばむ〔into, in, at, through〕
eating cares 心をむしばむ心配事.
|他|(病気・苦労などが)(人・心)をむしばむ(away, up, out)undermine|他|《正式》(健康など)を徐々に衰えさせる, むしばむ;(名声など)をひそかに[陰険な手段で]傷つけるcorrode|他|《正式》…をむしばむ;(社会・道徳など)をだめにする.▲A child's character is contaminated with [by] violence on television. テレビ番組の暴力シーンで子供の心はむしばまれている.
* * *むしばむ【蝕む】1 〔虫に食われる〕 be worm-eaten; be eaten by worms; become wormy.●むしばんだ worm-eaten; moth-eaten.
2 〔食い入る〕 eat in; gnaw at 《one's life》; 〔悪くする〕 spoil; affect; ruin; undermine.●病気が体をむしばむ illness gnaws away at the body
・心をむしばむ悲しみ an eating sorrow at heart; sorrow eating away at the heart
・心をむしばむ憂い a gnawing anxiety
・青少年をむしばむ有害図書やビデオ harmful books and videos which ruin [destroy] young people.
●金銭欲や名誉欲が選手たちをむしばみやすい. Sportsmen are easily ruined [destroyed] by greed and desire for fame.
・軽薄な風潮に世の中がむしばまれている. Society is being weakened [undermined] by the frivolous current of the times.
・収賄がその省の中心をむしばんでいる. Corruption is eating [gnawing] at the center of the ministry.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.