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
- We have to water down the curriculum for the slow learning class.
我们得把慢班的课程要求降低一些。 - 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。 - 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。 - We piped the water down.
我们用管道把水输送到下面来。 - 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。 - 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。 - The teacher had to water down the course for a slowlearning class.
老师不得不降低课程的要求来迁就慢班的学生。 - 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?