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

• They had piped the water down.
  他们已用管道把水引到下面。
• 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。
• In the negotiations, they agreed to water down their original stiff demand to one acceptable to both sides.
  在谈判中，他们同意把原来的强硬要求降低到双方都可以接受的地步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With these words she suddenly splashed a pint of icy water down my neck, and pulled me into the kitchen.
  她说着这些话，就猛然把一桶冰冷的水顺着我的脖子上一倒，又把我拉进厨房里。
• 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。
• 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。