“gnawing-away” operation; policy of nibbling territory; to appropriate something piecemeal ; Nibble ; encroach ; Cannibalization
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双语例句
1
传说是公元前3000年左右,中国统治者黄帝的妻子雷子发现了蚕。
Legend has it that it was Lei Tzu, wife of the Yellow Emperor, ruler of China in about 3000 BC, who discovered silkworms.
2
我之所以如此是因为有某种力量在鞭策着我——正如蚕被鞭策着去结它的茧子一般。
I may be so because there is some kind of power that spurs me—just as the silkworm is spurred to make its cocoons.
3
这个故事的一个说法是,当她在她丈夫的花园里散步时,她发现几棵桑树被毁是由蚕引起的。
One account of the story goes that as she was taking a walk in her husband's gardens, she discovered that silkworms were responsible for the destruction of several mulberry trees.