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corrosive

/kuh-roh-siv/US // kəˈroʊ sɪv //UK // (kəˈrəʊsɪv) //

腐蚀性,腐蚀性的,腐蚀者,腐蚀

Related Words

trenchant犀利的,鞭辟入里,精辟的,犀利destructive破坏性的,破坏性,毁灭性的,毁坏性的incisive精辟的,锐利的,尖锐的,透彻的acerbic涩的,涩味,尖刻的,涩caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的cutting切割,切削,切断,削减corroding腐蚀,腐蚀的,腐蚀作用,锈蚀wasting浪费,浪费了,浪费的,浪费资源acrid酸涩的,酸涩,酸酸的biting咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬咬咬sarcastic讽刺,带讽刺意味的,带讽刺意味,挖苦venomous毒性,毒性的,毒辣的,毒物virulent烈性的,剧烈的,烈性,剧毒的acerb涩,涩的,涩味,涩性erosive侵蚀性,侵蚀性的,侵蚀,冲蚀性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
    • : harmful or destructive; deleterious:the corrosive effect of poverty on their marriage.
    • : sharply sarcastic; caustic: corrosive comments on the speaker's integrity.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something corrosive, as an acid or drug.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.consuming, wearing; bitter
Synonyms
acerbic涩的,涩味,尖刻的,涩caustic苛责,苛刻的,苛求,苛责的destructive破坏性的,破坏性,毁灭性的,毁坏性的incisive精辟的,锐利的,尖锐的,透彻的trenchant犀利的,鞭辟入里,精辟的,犀利corroding腐蚀,腐蚀的,腐蚀作用,锈蚀cutting切割,切削,切断,削减wasting浪费,浪费了,浪费的,浪费资源acerb涩,涩的,涩味,涩性acrid酸涩的,酸涩,酸酸的biting咬咬牙,咬牙切齿,咬牙切齿的,咬咬咬erosive侵蚀性,侵蚀性的,侵蚀,冲蚀性sarcastic讽刺,带讽刺意味的,带讽刺意味,挖苦strongly acid强酸,强酸性,强烈酸性,强酸性物质venomous毒性,毒性的,毒辣的,毒物virulent烈性的,剧烈的,烈性,剧毒的

Examples

  • Clearly, we need far stronger protections that address the corrosive effects on society of this kind of technology.

  • In the US, this attitude has been corrosive to support for government funding of important high-tech industries like chip fabrication, which, as Jeremy Hsu writes, is one reason America is racing to catch up to manufacturers overseas.

  • Those kinds of antics, those kinds of threats, they’re really corrosive.

  • We need to worry about Q because the long-term effect is corrosive to democratic values.

  • Concerns over privacy and the corrosive effects of social media on politics have made it beneficial for politicians around the world to go after Big Tech.

  • Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.

  • The road salt makes a mushy, corrosive paste that is flung universally about the under-and over-sides of every vehicle.

  • But there is also something potentially more corrosive happening.

  • Mr. President, you can speak out and help us confront this corrosive element, but time is running out.

  • This, surely, has had a corrosive effect on Tejpal and his self-image.

  • They exert a caustic or corrosive action on animal and vegetable substances.

  • Number Three was insulated against a frigid but relatively non-corrosive atmosphere.

  • It dissolves mercury, and with it forms corrosive sublimate.

  • Many corrosive preparations are recommended for the cure of this disease, but I have decided objections to one and all of them.

  • This liquor is very corrosive, and tinges animal substances of a blackish brown colour.

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