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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The thirsty boy drink a glass of water down.
  这个干渴的孩子一下子喝光了一杯水。
• The rancid stench of dirty drains John poured the ditty water down the pipe.
  脏水沟发出的腐臭味.约翰把脏水倒进了排水道。
• New curbs for US banks that restrict their ability to trade with their own capital will hit liquidity and demand for eurozone government bond markets at a time when both are in short supply, bankers have warned as they prepare to lobby regulators to water down the rules.
  正准备游说监管机构放松相关规则的银行家们警告，限制美国各银行以自有资金进行交易的新规定，将冲击欧元区国债市场的流动性和需求，而目前这两者都已供应不足。
• Nevertheless, you have to be careful you don't water down excellent ideas so much that they lose their original strength – because you're making hundreds of thousands of compromises.
  不过，你必须小心别过分稀释了伟大的创意以致失去了它原本的力量-只因你作出了成百上千的妥协。
• We have to water down the curriculum for the slow learning class.
  我们得把慢班的课程要求降低一些。
• He rushed into the kitchen and got a bucket and poured all the boiling water down the hole.
  他跑进了厨房，拎了一桶开水出来，然后把滚开的水都倒进了蚂蚁洞。
• With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen.
  她说着这些话，就猛然把一桶冰冷的水顺着我的脖子上一倒，又把我拉进厨房里。