ease of . relieve of 缓解；减轻

This medicine will ease you of your pain．这种药会缓解你的疼痛。

ease off . remove gently 小心翼翼地取下

The nurse eased the bandage off．护士轻轻地揭掉绷带。

He eased the stamp off．他小心翼翼地取下那张邮票。

ease off . become less tense or troublesome缓和

The rain should ease off before midday．这雨到中午会变小。

According to the weather forecast，the storm will ease off．根据天气预报，风暴会渐渐平息下来。

After the injection his pain began to ease off．打针后，他的疼痛开始减轻。

The tension eased off slowly when the two sides began negotiations．谈判开始时，双方的紧张局势就慢慢缓和下来了。

ease up . be relieved from pain 解除痛苦

A doctor's duty is to ease up patients．医生的职责是解除病人的痛苦。

The pain began to ease up after she was given a sedative．给她用了止痛剂后，疼痛轻多了。

ease up .become less tense；relax 缓和；轻松；放松

The situation should ease up now that the two sides are prepared to talk．既然双方在准备谈判，局势应该缓和了。

I'll be glad when the pressure of work has eased up a little. I'm far too busy at the moment．如果工作压力减轻一点，我会很高兴的，现在我太忙了。

She refused to ease up the least bit，even if she was already tired．虽然她已累极了，但她丝毫不肯放松自己的工作。

ease up .slow down;decelerate 放慢；减、速

Ease up，we're going too fast！慢点，我们走得太快了！

The machine eased up．这机器的速度减慢了。

ease up .move along（usu．to make space for somebody else）移动（常指为别人让出座位）

They eased up a bit to make room for those without seats．他们移动了一下，腾出地方给没有座位的人。

I wonder if you could ease up a little as there are several people without seats．有好几个人没有座位，不知你们是否可以挪一挪让出点座位来。

 eat at . disturb打扰；使烦恼

What ate at her was not what you had said but something else．使她烦恼的事不是你所说的，而是其它事情。

eat away . destroy gradually（逐渐）腐蚀；消耗

The acid has been eating away the sides of the container．酸侵蚀了容器的壁。

Cancer ate away the healthy flesh．癌症侵蚀了健康的肌体。

Our money was eaten away by inflation．我们钱都被通货膨胀吞蚀了。

eat away . eat continuously 连续不断地吃

They have been eating away for more than three hours.他们一直吃了3个多小时。

eat in . eat at home在家吃饭

Are we eating in tonight？今晚我们在家吃饭吗？

 eat one's words . admit one has been wrong in something one has said收回自己说过的话

Dick insisted the United States was larger than China but he had to eat his words when Beth showed him his map．狄克坚持说美国比中国大，但当贝思给他看地图时，他不得不收回他的话。

Don't boast too much．You will be forced to eat your words one day．不要吹得太厉害，总有一天你不得不收回你说的话。

eat out . eat in a restaurant instead of at home在餐馆吃饭

Once in a while we eat out．我们时而在外面饭店用餐。

We need a babysitter tonight，because we are eating out．今晚我们需要一个看孩子的，因为我们要在外面吃饭。

eat out .rust；rot or be destroyed使生锈；使腐烂

Rust has eaten out the sword．剑已经生锈了。

eat up . finish eating； eat all of 吃光

Make sure the children eat their vegetables up！一定要让孩子们把蔬菜吃光。

After working all afternoon，we quickly ate up all of the dinner.我们整整干了一个下午以后，一会儿就把饭吃光了。

eat up . use all of；consume用完；消耗

Extravagance ate up his inheritance．奢侈的生活耗尽了他继承的遗产。

The central heating eats up a lot of electricity．暖气耗费大量的电力。

Idle talk had eaten up the hour before they knew it ．闲谈不知不觉地把他们的时间都耗掉了。

eat up . destroy as if by eating；distress 毁坏；使苦恼

The mountain flood ate up many buildings．山洪冲毁了许多建筑物。

What's been eating him up lately？近来他为什么一直在苦恼？

The heavy and monotonous job ate him up．繁重而单调的工作使他苦恼烦闷。

ebb away . flow away from a given position 从一处流掉；消退

The tide ebbed away．潮水退了。

ebb away . fade away 渐渐衰弱下去；逐渐衰退

Feeling himself ebbing away，the old man knew that his days were numbered and called for a lawyer to make a will．这位老人感到身体越来越不行了，他意识到他活在世上的日子是屈指可数了，就请来了律师，立了遗嘱。

Her enthusiasm slowly ebbed away．她的热情慢慢地没了。

The old woman felt her strength ebbing away．这位老妇人感到体力渐渐不行了。