a friend's botched attempt to strip away paint一位朋友试图将漆弄掉的笨拙尝试

He then began the long process of stripping away the many layers of paint.于是他开始了将那许多层油漆清除掉的漫长过程。

chemicals that strip away the skin's protective outer layer破坏皮肤表面保护层的化学品

Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.奥尔特曼揭去了电影产业的伪装和神秘光环, 暴露了它与其他产业并无二致的商业本质。

If you are able to strip away the dreadful commercialism, the materialism and the flashy exterior, there is something beautiful and meaningful at the bottom of it.如果你能忽略掉可怕的商业主义、物质主义以及光鲜的外表, 其本质还是有一些美丽而有意义的东西。