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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They tried to wear down the management's resistance by holding a series of strikes.
  他们举行一连串罢工，试图拖垮资方。
• Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation.
  使用谨慎拖拉的策略来消耗对方；避免直接的对峙。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。