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

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