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

• 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。
• Application: mainly use to wear down tooth of horse.
  用途：主要用来磨平马的牙齿。
• Even mountains wear down, even the nuclei of atoms decay.
  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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Weight limits on trucks are frequently flouted, a problem because overburdened vehicles wear down road surfaces more quickly.
  卡车超载现象严重，这也是个问题，因为超载车辆对路面的磨损更快。