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

• 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。
• An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow often mixed with air and water down a mountainside.
  一场雪崩是从山腰上塌落的一次突然和迅速的常常混合了空气和水的雪流。
• New curbs for US banks that restrict their ability to trade with their own capital will hit liquidity and demand for eurozone government bond markets at a time when both are in short supply, bankers have warned as they prepare to lobby regulators to water down the rules.
  正准备游说监管机构放松相关规则的银行家们警告，限制美国各银行以自有资金进行交易的新规定，将冲击欧元区国债市场的流动性和需求，而目前这两者都已供应不足。
• 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。
• He rushed into the kitchen and got a bucket and poured all the boiling water down the hole.
  他跑进了厨房，拎了一桶开水出来，然后把滚开的水都倒进了蚂蚁洞。
• 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。
• 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？
• Typically, an electric current breaks the water down.
  通常人们是用电流来分解水的。
• 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 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。