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 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。
• To wear down or rub away by friction;
  磨蚀，磨损因摩擦而破损或擦伤；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Recently in their ongoing ancestral holy-war against the Dwarves, they have been content to let the Troggs wear down their enemies for them.
  最近，在他们延续和矮人的圣战中，冰霜巨魔开始乐于驱使穴居人去消磨矮人。
• If you drag your feet while you walk, you will wear down your shoes quickly.
  如果你每次走路习惯拖著脚，你的鞋子很快就会报销。
• We hope your persuation will wear down his opposition.
  我们希望你能说服他不再反对。