water down

英 [ˈwɔːtə(r) daʊn]

美 [ˈwɔːtər daʊn]

加水稀释; 掺水冲淡; 使（提议、言论、声明等）语气缓和; 使打折扣; 削弱

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 加水稀释;掺水冲淡
  If youwater downa substance, for example food or drink, you add water to it to make it weaker.
  1. You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long...
     你可以往杯里的葡萄酒中掺点水，当两杯来喝。
  2. I bought a water-based paint, then decided to water it down even more.
     我买了一种水性漆，然后决定加水进一步稀释。
• See also:Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.watered-down

英英释义

verb

• thin by adding water to
  1. They watered down the moonshine
• make less strong or intense
  1. water down the mixture

双语例句

• What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
  如果把热水从兔子的一只耳朵眼儿里灌进去，你会得到什么？
• Typically, an electric current breaks the water down.
  通常人们是用电流来分解水的。
• You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long
  你可以往杯里的葡萄酒中掺点水，当两杯来喝。
• You'd better water down your demand.
  你最好降低一下要求。
• The government has suggested it might water down plans to have such polls.
  英国政府已经暗示，可能会淡化强制执行此类投票的计划。
• Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.
  影响养鸟者的立法提案的措词已经缓和一些了。
• Water down the stream, up a long hill, and I like mountains, and constantly rolls upward.
  水往下流，山往上长，而我如山，不断朝上进发。
• We piped the water down.
  我们用管道把水输送到下面来。
• The teacher had to water down the course for a slowlearning class.
  老师不得不降低课程的要求来迁就慢班的学生。
• In the negotiations, they agreed to water down their original stiff demand to one acceptable to both sides.
  在谈判中，他们同意把原来的强硬要求降低到双方都可以接受的地步。