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
- 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。 - Well the best way is to use a Neti pot specifically designed to pour water down your nose.
嗯,最好的方式是使用瑜伽鼻壶,它是特别设计用来将水注入鼻腔里的。 - Typically, an electric current breaks the water down.
通常人们是用电流来分解水的。 - 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。 - 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。 - Save your wee in milk cartons, water down and use as a high nitrate fertilizer.
在牛奶盒里小便,加水稀释,然后可以用作高硝酸盐含量的肥料。 - We piped the water down.
我们用管道把水输送到下面来。 - The government has suggested it might water down plans to have such polls.
英国政府已经暗示,可能会淡化强制执行此类投票的计划。 - 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。 - 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。