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

• 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。
• We piped the water down.
  我们用管道把水输送到下面来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The scientists said the best explanation they could offer for the streaks was that they were caused by a flow of extremely salty water down the slopes.
  科学家他们说，能提供的对条纹的最合理的解释是，它们是由流下陡坡高盐度的水流造成的。
• 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。
• 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。