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.- 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。 - 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。
- You can water down a glass of wine and make it last twice as long...
- See also:Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.watered-down
英英释义
verb
- thin by adding water to
- They watered down the moonshine
- make less strong or intense
- water down the mixture
双语例句
- You'd better water down your demand.
你最好降低一下要求。 - If you feel the water down here, it's really warm.
如果你想过来感受一下泉水的话,它真得很暖和。 - 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? - He agreed to water down his criticisms of the government.
他同意把他对政府的批评变得婉转一些。 - 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。 - Once I could not even get water down I knew there was something wrong.
有一次,我什至不能得到水下来,我知道有什么错。 - Proposed legislation affecting bird-keepers has been watered down.
影响养鸟者的立法提案的措词已经缓和一些了。 - 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。 - 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。 - An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow often mixed with air and water down a mountainside.
一场雪崩是从山腰上塌落的一次突然和迅速的常常混合了空气和水的雪流。