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

• 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 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。
• With these methods, we shall wear down the prisoner's resistance.
  用这些方法，我们将使犯人的抵抗逐渐减少。
• 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。
• They have an exceedingly forceful negotiating style that tends to wear down other delegations.
  他们的谈判风格非常强硬，以至于其他的谈判代表都被消磨得疲惫不堪了。
• If you drag your feet while you walk, you will wear down your shoes quickly.
  如果你每次走路习惯拖著脚，你的鞋子很快就会报销。
• 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。
• His heels always wear down on the outside first.
  他的鞋跟总是先从外侧磨损。
• Over extended periods of time, batteries gradually wear down and require longer charging times. This is normal.
  随着使用时间，电池功能下降并需要较长时间进行充电，属于正常现象。
• 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。