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

• 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。
• 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。
• There was no more whiskey left, not even a drop to water down.
  一点威士忌也没剩，连一滴供掺水的也没有。
• They had piped the water down.
  他们已用管道把水引到下面。
• You'd better water down your demand.
  你最好降低一下要求。
• We piped the water down.
  我们用管道把水输送到下面来。
• Our bodies break water down into its parts: hydrogen and oxygen.
  我们的身体把水分解成它的成份：氢和氧。
• Typically, an electric current breaks the water down.
  通常人们是用电流来分解水的。
• Water down the stream, up a long hill, and I like mountains, and constantly rolls upward.
  水往下流，山往上长，而我如山，不断朝上进发。
• In both China and America I have seen repeated attempts by people to simplify and water down the Gospel in order to make it fit neatly into their lives.
  无论在中国还是美国，我都反复地见到人们为了让福音更加适合自己的生活，而把它给简化和掺水。