腐蚀

• 拼音: fǔ shí
• 汉字拆解: 腐 = 广 + 肉 + 府 (decay); 蚀 = 食 + 虫 (erode, gnaw, eat away)

含义

To corrode; to erode; to cause gradual deterioration through chemical action or corrupting moral influence.

Used both literally (metal corroding, acid eating away material) and figuratively (corruption eroding a person's integrity). In chemistry and materials science, it describes chemical degradation. Figuratively, it describes the corrupting influence of money, power, or vice.

例句

1. 长期暴露在潮湿盐雾环境中，钢铁管道受到了严重的腐蚀。
2. 金钱和权力的诱惑腐蚀了这名曾经廉洁从政的年轻干部。
3. 酸雨对古建筑表面的石雕造成了不可逆转的腐蚀破坏。

用法指南

语境: chemistry, politics, environment

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 这种防腐涂料能有效防止金属构件受到化学腐蚀。(This anti-corrosion coating can effectively prevent metal components from being chemically corroded.)
• 不良思想一旦渗入，便会逐步腐蚀一个人的精神世界。(Once bad ideas seep in, they will gradually corrode a person's inner world.)

错误说法

• 腐蚀了感情 — use 伤害 or 侵蚀 for emotional damage; 腐蚀 is stronger and implies gradual, destructive chemical or moral erosion

起源与历史

腐 (rot/decay) + 蚀 (erode/gnaw away)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal