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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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
你可以往杯里的葡萄酒中掺点水,当两杯来喝。 - 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。 - 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。 - The thirsty boy drink a glass of water down.
这个干渴的孩子一下子喝光了一杯水。 - 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。 - They had piped the water down.
他们已用管道把水引到下面。