wind down

英 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

美 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

摇下（车窗等）; 放松; 松弛; 逐渐减小（工作规模）; 使逐步停止; 使逐渐关闭

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摇下(车窗等)
  When youwind downsomething such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
  1. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window...
     格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
  2. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
     如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
• PHRASAL VERB 放松;松弛
  If youwind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
  1. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
     我经常喝点酒放松一下。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 逐渐减小(工作规模);使逐步停止;使逐渐关闭
  If someonewinds downa business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
  1. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation...
     外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
  2. In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
     1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。

双语例句

• That makes it difficult to wind down at night and get to sleep.
  这让人们很难到夜晚放松睡觉。
• We ended one war and began to wind down another.
  我们结束了一场战争，另一场也接近尾声。
• I want to go on holiday and wind down.
  我想度个假放松一下。
• After the cut off time I stop working and wind down.
  在截止时间过后，我停止工作放松一下。
• They also may not want to get themselves wound up because it's hard for them to wind down.
  他们年夜概也不但愿自己的情感求助起来，由于那样一来，他们会很难放松。
• I haven't even begun to think about quitting, or having a last hurrah, or allowing my career to wind down.
  不论是突然退出、来个告别演出，还是逐渐淡出，我甚至完全都没有考虑过。
• When the search begins to wind down, and you begin to realize you are suffering, then you become sensitive to Me.
  当你的追寻开始放松下来，当你开始体会你的困苦，你会开始感受我。
• This year has been frantically busy for us and I need a holiday just to wind down.
  今年我们忙得要命&我需要有一段假期放松一下。
• Watch the ball wind down spiraling slopes, escape the windmill's blade, and drop into the hole.
  观察风的角度，避免风力的影响，一杆进洞。
• The proceedings began to wind down.
  进程开始缓慢下来了。