Erosion 的意思是侵蝕、腐蝕。
A new high-speed rail station linking Hong Kong and mainland China opened under Beijing authority, raising new worries among Hong Kong residents of a further erosion of the territory's autonomy,連接香港與中國大陸的高鐵在香港境內(nèi)的高鐵站啟用,但受北京當(dāng)局管轄,引起香港居民對(duì)自治權(quán)進(jìn)一步受到侵蝕的擔(dān)憂。
A study last year concluded sediment from erosion following fires would more than double by 2050 for about a third of western watersheds,去年的一項(xiàng)研究表明,火災(zāi)后地表侵蝕的沉積物在2050年前將在大約三分之一美國西部水域增加一倍以上。