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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

  • 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。