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

• 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。
• 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。
• Typically, an electric current breaks the water down.
  通常人们是用电流来分解水的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Our bodies break water down into its parts: hydrogen and oxygen.
  我们的身体把水分解成它的成份：氢和氧。
• 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。
• 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。