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wear down

英 [weə(r) daʊn]

美 [wer daʊn]

(使)磨平; (使)磨光; 使斗志消磨; 挫败

柯林斯词典

  • PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)磨平;(使)磨光
    If youwearsomethingdownor if itwears down, it becomes flatter or smoother as a result of constantly rubbing against something else.
    1. Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes...
      抽烟斗的人用牙齿咬住烟斗,有时会把齿尖磨平。
    2. The machines start to wear down, they don't make as many nuts and bolts as they used to...
      机器开始出现磨损,螺母和螺钉的产量不如从前了。
    3. Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
      象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。
  • PHRASAL VERB 使斗志消磨;挫败
    If youwearsomeonedown, you make them gradually weaker or less determined until they eventually do what you want.
    1. None can match your sheer willpower and persistence in wearing down the opposition...
      在消磨反对派的意志方面,没有人能比得上你那惊人的意志力和不懈的坚持。
    2. They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance...
      他们希望拖延搁置会瓦解我的抵抗。
    3. He believed that he could wear her down if he only asked often enough.
      他相信只要总缠着她问她就会松口。

英英释义

verb

双语例句

  • Her defences will wear down after few weeks in prison.
    在监狱呆几星勤之后,她的防卫力精会减弱。
  • They tried to wear down the management's resistance by holding a series of strikes.
    他们举行一连串罢工,试图拖垮资方。
  • His heels always wear down on the outside first.
    他的鞋跟总是先从外侧磨损。
  • Subtle effects of run-of-the-mill space storms may also wear down key components in electric power grids, making them liable to early failure.
    普通的太空风暴次的细微影响也会磨损电网的关键部分,使它们提早失效。
  • Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes
    抽烟斗的人用牙齿咬住烟斗,有时会把齿尖磨平。
  • They perceived that the enemy was trying to wear down their resistance.
    他们明白敌人是想用消耗的办法来制服他们的抵抗。
  • High-grade arch-shaped watches produced recently are noBle and elegant, and will never wear down. Ball Wiper: Assist in lasting arched bottom shoes flawlessly.
    最新高档拱形手表,高贵典雅,水不磨损。强效型辅助扫刀&应付拱底高跟鞋类之拱起段结帮,完美流畅。
  • Also, dogs who chew on tennis balls can wear down their teeth on the tough outer fuzz.
    并且狗在咬球的时候球身上的毛会磨损它的牙齿。
  • Without oxygen to help wear down the continents, sulfur minerals stay locked in the rocks and unavailable to hungry bacteria.
    由于没有氧气可使陆地分解,因此含硫矿物便封存在岩石中,饥饿的细菌也就没东西可吃了。
  • Cast iron is so poor in plasticity, the low limits of strength, and poor corrosion resistance, that these ship-machinery parts are so easy to be covered with cracks, heavy corrosion, and serious wear down or ablated.
    由于灰口铸铁材料几乎没有塑性、强度极限低、耐腐蚀性差,因此铸铁零部件在使用中容易出现裂纹、锈蚀、磨损或烧蚀等缺陷。