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

• 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。
• The strategy was designed to wear down the enemy's resistance.
  这一策略旨在逐步削弱敌人的抵抗力。
• 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。
• 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。
• We hope your persuation will wear down his opposition.
  我们希望你能说服他不再反对。
• 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。
• Weight limits on trucks are frequently flouted, a problem because overburdened vehicles wear down road surfaces more quickly.
  卡车超载现象严重，这也是个问题，因为超载车辆对路面的磨损更快。
• To wear down or rub away by friction;
  磨蚀，磨损因摩擦而破损或擦伤；
• 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。
• 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。