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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They had piped the water down.
  他们已用管道把水引到下面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。