1. (使)腐蚀;(使)侵蚀
    If metal or stone corrodes, or is cor-roded, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.

    e.g. He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise...
           他设计了一种能够避免腐蚀或氧化的金丝制作流程。
    e.g. Engineers found the structure had been corroded by moisture...
           工程师们发现该建筑已经受潮腐蚀。

2. 削弱;侵蚀
    To corrode something means to gradually make it worse or weaker.

corrode的近义词

    e.g. Suffering was easier to bear than the bitterness he felt corroding his spirit...
           相较于他感觉正在侵蚀他灵魂的痛苦而言，这种折磨倒更容易承受。
    e.g. He warns that corruption is corroding Russia.
           他警告说腐败正在侵蚀俄罗斯。