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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her defences will wear down after few weeks in prison.
  在监狱呆几星勤之后，她的防卫力精会减弱。
• 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。