| 单词 | wear down |
| 释义 | wear down 1. phrasal verb If you wear something down or if it wears down, it becomes flatter or smoother as a result of constantly rubbing against something else. Extreme changes in temperature can wear down the top layer of your skin. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The machines start to wear down, they don't make as many nuts and bolts as they used to. [VERB PARTICLE] Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for wear If you wear someone down, you make them gradually weaker or less determined until they eventually do what you want. None can match your sheer will-power and persistence in wearing down the opposition. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He believed that he could wear her down if he only asked often enough. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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