蝕む

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.

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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.

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