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

• 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。
• Application: mainly use to wear down tooth of horse.
  用途：主要用来磨平马的牙齿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• To wear down or rub away by friction;
  磨蚀，磨损因摩擦而破损或擦伤；
• Cast iron is so poor in plasticity, the low limits of strength, and poor corrosion resistance, that these ship-machinery parts are so easy to be covered with cracks, heavy corrosion, and serious wear down or ablated.
  由于灰口铸铁材料几乎没有塑性、强度极限低、耐腐蚀性差，因此铸铁零部件在使用中容易出现裂纹、锈蚀、磨损或烧蚀等缺陷。
• 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。