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

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
  1. We wore ourselves out on this hike
  Synonym:tirewear upontire outwearwearyjadewear outoutwearfag outfagfatigue
• deteriorate through use or stress
  1. The constant friction wore out the cloth
  Synonym:wearwear offwear outwear thin

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation.
  使用谨慎拖拉的策略来消耗对方；避免直接的对峙。
• 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。
• Leave the cure to Mother Nature. She knows best. Even mountains wear down, even the nuclei of atoms decay.
  要想痊愈就听其自然吧。老天爷最有办法。听其自然的话，就连高山也会慢慢消逝，甚至原子核也会衰竭。
• The strategy was designed to wear down the enemy's resistance.
  这一策略旨在逐步削弱敌人的抵抗力。
• To explore the South Pole, it is of course necessary for the explorers to wear down jackets which have good heat preservation.
  去南极探险，当然要穿保暖性强的羽绒服。
• The existing bridges will gradually wear down under the circumstances of the natural environment and applied environment.
  既有公路桥梁长期在自然环境和使用环境的作用下，技术状况会出现逐渐退化的趋势。
• 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。
• 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。