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单词 watered-down
释义
watered-downˌwatered-ˈdown adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The House approved a watered-down version of the bill in November.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Courses should not be watered-down linguistics.
  • He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
  • It has to be understood that the general and critical does not mean the vague, the watered-down, or the journalistic.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a watered-down version of the original
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.
a watered-down plan, report etc has been changed so that it is less extreme or forceful than when it was first written – used to show disapprovalwater down:  a watered-down version of the original
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