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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes...
- 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.- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- None can match your sheer willpower and persistence in wearing down the opposition...
英英释义
verb
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
- We wore ourselves out on this hike
- deteriorate through use or stress
- The constant friction wore out the cloth
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Recently in their ongoing ancestral holy-war against the Dwarves, they have been content to let the Troggs wear down their enemies for them.
最近,在他们延续和矮人的圣战中,冰霜巨魔开始乐于驱使穴居人去消磨矮人。 - Application: mainly use to wear down tooth of horse.
用途:主要用来磨平马的牙齿。 - 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。 - 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。