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There are, however, important reasons why everyone needs to chip away at the glass cliff.

然而，人人都有责任敲掉玻璃悬崖，其中的原因很重要。

Yet some psychologists would argue that the payment is worse than useless, because payments can chip away at our intrinsic motivation to exercise.

然而，一些心理学家认为，付钱是有害无益的，因为金钱会蚕食我们锻炼的内在动机。

Life's daily challenges are tough enough without having to deal with the little annoyances that chip away at our fragile well being.

即使不必应付那些让我们脆弱的幸福感打了折扣的小烦恼，生活中每日面临的挑战也已经够大了。

You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer.

你们要不断地琢磨这个问题直到有人得出正确答案为止。

Zuckerberg's company is expected to keep expanding its share of the market this year as the social media site continues to chip away at rival Google's own hold on the market.

今年，扎克伯格的公司将继续蚕食竞争对手谷歌（Google）的市场份额。

Any decline in this market could chip away at the buying power of some middle-class Chinese.

房地产市场逐渐衰弱，可能削弱中国中产阶级的购买力。

The men used a series of tools including a drill assembled from a vacuum cleaner motor to chip away at the aging concrete in their cells and make it to a nearby ventilation shaft.

他们使用了一系列的工具（其中包括一个由真空吸尘器的马达制成的钻头），从牢房里老化的混凝土凿出了一条通向附近一个通风井的隧道。

Rangers armed with silicon putty check the sculpture for cracks every fall but were unable to chip away at the black and green lichen that was spreading across the surface.

每年秋天，公园管理员都会用硅腻子检查雕像的裂缝，却不能清除掉蔓延覆盖在总统面部的黑色和绿色苔藓。

Like elsewhere, Chinahas seen e-books chip away at the market for traditional books and many independent booksellers are struggling.

与其它国家一样，在中国，电子书正在蚕食传统纸书的市场，很多独立书商都在苦苦挣扎。

Start with your smallest debt first and chip away at it until it's gone.

从你最小的帐单开始,在你还清帐目以后从账本上划掉它.

If Iran seizes this opportunity, the Iranian people will benefit from rejoining the international community, and we can begin to chip away at the mistrust between our two nations.

如果伊朗抓住这个机会，伊朗人民将重新加入国际社会并从中受益，我们也将能着手消除我们两国之间的不信任。

Her comments were beginning to chip away at his self-confidence.

她的话开始削弱他的自信心。

Men are more prone to ignoring mounting debts and forgetting to pay bills, whereas women chip away at credit card bills with regular repayments, the study found.

调查发现，男性往往不理会越来越多的积压债务，而且常忘记付账单，而女性则会按时支付信用卡的账单。

Instead, the closer in quality and price the knockoffs are to the genuine products, the more the counterfeit goods chip away at the company's sales, say analysts.

分析师们称，仿冒品在质量和价格上越接近正品，品牌商的销售受到的冲击就越大。

Instead of an outright coup attempt, the rebels want to chip away at her authority.

叛乱分子并不打算明目张胆地发动政变，而是想要逐渐削弱她的权力。

The deal is Microsoft's latest attempt to chip away at the dominance of the search leader, Google.

这项协议是微软公司的最新努力，意在削弱互联网搜索业领头羊谷歌的垄断地位。

If done on a large scale, this would chip away at the state banking monopoly.

如果大批贷款公司变身为银行，将会打破国有银行所处的垄断地位。

Motorola is developing a digital tablet device that will allow users to watch television on it as it joins other tech companies aiming to chip away at a market established by Apple's popular iPad.

摩托罗拉（Motorola）正开发一款数字平板设备，用户将能通过该设备收看电视，该公司由此加入其他科技公司的行列，以求打入由苹果（Apple）广受欢迎的iPad平板电脑开创的市场。

Hackman ( who died in 2013) noted that teams are hampered by problems of co-ordination and motivation that chip away at the benefits of collaboration.

汉克曼(于2013年去世)提到，团队受到相互配合与动机所产生问题的影响，而这会损害合作带来的好处。

You chip away at the problem until somebody comes up with the right answer

你们要不断地琢磨这个问题直到有人得出正确答案为止。

Which are working to chip away at the navel-gazing literary culture of Anglo-American letters.

他们致力于逐渐改变弥漫于英美文学圈子里的如井底之蛙般的风气。

The group had hoped to chip away at its debts by selling assets.

该集团本指望通过变卖固定资产逐步还清债务。

Half-heartedness in an entrepreneurial endeavor will chip away at your drive to succeed.

在创业过程中三心二意，将让你失去成功的动力。

If we admit that people need advice, we chip away at the foundations of most economic thought.

如果我们承认人们需要建议，那么我们就动摇了大多数经济学思想的基础。

I was beginning to chip away at his lead.

在他的带领下,我开始拆除它.

Public health organizations are continuing to chip away at this issue, but it'll likely be a long process.

公众健康组织一直在为改善这一局面而进行不懈的努力，只不过路漫漫其修远兮。

He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.

他用榔头和凿子铲墙。

But in a landmark move this year, the central bank gave them more flexibility in setting benchmark lending and deposit rates, unleashing competitive forces that have already started to chip away at their margins.

但中国央行今年做出了一项具有里程碑意义的举措，赋予银行在制定基准存贷款利率方面更多的灵活性，释放出竞争方面的压力。这些竞争已经开始导致它们的利润率下降。

Pitt paid a dentist to chip away at his chompers, giving Durden a much edgier look.

皮特请牙医敲掉了他门牙的一部分，以此使得泰勒看起来更暴烈些。

The move to open Queensway is part of a government strategy to chip away at the protest movement without resorting to tactics that could inflame tensions and spark sympathy for the protesters.

打通金钟道是政府战略的一环，目的是蚂蚁啃堤般地削弱抗议运动，而不诉诸可能加剧紧张局势、引发市民同情抗议者的战术。