英语释义

1. to make (something) disappear or go away very slowly
Police have been nibbling (away) at crime in the city for years.

片语

cavil about吹毛求疵；挑剔

find quarrel in a straw吹毛求疵；找碴儿

英汉例句

• he didn「t answer, but just continued to nibble at his food.

  他没有回答，只是继续一点一点地吃东西。

• this is strange because the sorts of lab animals the researchers looked at tend to be given lots of food and left to nibble at leisure.

  这很奇怪，因为研究人员观察的各种实验室动物往往被给予大量食物，且让它们在閑暇时一点一点蚕食。

• don」t nibble at your picture if you want to be a painter.

  不要 以为他是个傻瓜，其实他是很精明的。

• a small but marvelous sugar coated roasted currant with dark chocolate. a candy to nibble at any time.

  黑巧克力包裹着甜蜜的烤葡萄干，让您随时随地感受到一份轻松惬意。

• she never had much for breakfast. she would drink a cup of coffee and nibble at a piece of bread.

  她早饭一向吃得不多。她通常喝一杯咖啡，啃一片面包。

• the birds cling to the wall and nibble at the brickwork.

  鸟儿们紧贴在墻上，啄着砖缝。

• as rivals nibble at its business, nestlé's new boss must find a formula for growth.

  面对生意对手的蚕食，雀巢的新老板必须拿出增长方案。

• foot-long fish began to nibble at the men, and the sun began scorching their faces.

  一群长达一英尺的大鱼开始啃咬这些船员。阳光也开始炙烤他们的脸。

• she would drink a cup of coffee and nibble at a piece of bread.

  她通常喝一杯咖啡，啃一片面包。请在后台加入相关信息。

• after much tugging and pulling they got a large dried prune out of the jar on to the shelf and began to nibble at it.

  他们从这敞开的罐子里扒拉了一会儿，很快干梅就撒满了搁板，这俩「人」坐下来开始吃。

• i felt a nibble at the bait.

  我觉得有鱼轻轻地咬了一下鱼饵。

• though the study points to a chocolate-mood connection, the researchers are unable to clearly explain why people nibble at a cocoa delight when feeling low.

  虽然这项实验证明了巧克力和心情的确存在某种关联。研究人员并不能因此而断定人们心情不好时，吃一口巧克力就会令他们的心情变好。

• lithuania is forecast to be the euro zone’s fastest-growing economy in 2012, but the €7m on offer would only nibble at greece’s debts.

  立陶宛预计会成为2012年欧元区增长最快的经济体，但是700万欧元的报价对希腊的债务只是杯水车薪。