英超第34轮进行了最后一场比赛，周一热刺客场4比0大胜斯托克城，与莱斯特城的积分差距缩小到5分，凯恩和阿里各入2球。请看本报昨日的报道：

    Tottenham Hotspur took a large bite out of Leicester City’s Premier League lead with two goals apiece from Harry Kane and Dele Alli earning them a 4-0 victory at Stoke City on Monday.

    The visitors produced a scintillating display of attacking football to take full advantage of Leicester’s 2-2 home draw with West Ham United on Sunday and close the gap to five points with four matches remaining.

    报道中的take a bite out of 就是“减少”的意思，这个短语的本意是“咬一块”。例如：

    Inflation can take a big bite out of your salary.

    通货膨胀会让你的工资贬值。

    Work is taking a bite out of his free time.

    他的部分闲暇时间被工作侵占了。