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单词 watered-down
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Definition of watered-down in English:

watered-down

adjective
  • 1Diluted with water.

    watered-down wine
    watered-down blue paint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To the fur traders they were commodities who could be purchased and indentured to company stores through watered-down alcohol and cheaply made goods.
    • In the '80s, several low-cal wines flopped because they tasted watered-down.
    • The usual bottles of watered-down Jameson will be presented.
    • Whatever happened to walking in to your local arcade, sucking on a watered-down fountain beverage from the food court and challenging other local hoodlums to take down your high score?
    • You'd be served fast-food burgers, cold fries and a watered-down soft drink.
    • The product was an eau de toilette - a perfume that has been watered-down so that it can be sprayed - aimed at 15- to 25-year-old girls.
    • They set out a plate of cold, stringy beef and a bowl of runny, watered-down soup, then left.
    • It is more than likely a watered-down version of the original - containing as much as 40% sugar water.
    • No watered-down margaritas at this party.
    1. 1.1 Altered so as to be weaker in force, content, or value.
      a watered-down version of the book
      the watered-down proposal has not been welcomed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But some believe new management will translate into a watered-down editorial focus.
      • It's more watered-down than our point of view, but they're reaching a lot more people.
      • This is no watered-down ghost story thrown into theaters for teenage consumption.
      • He was turning music I grew up on into a watered-down fad, a moneymaking thing.
      • The story - based on an Isak Dinesen tale but emerging as very watered-down Chekhov - concerns a noblewoman, Vanessa, who awaits the lover she hasn't seen for twenty years.
      • Having seen the final cut, it's mind-boggling to believe that such a watered-down version was ever considered.
      • The upshot was that, although approved, the reforms were too watered-down to have any serious effect on the deficit.
      • What's onscreen is a watered-down version of Solaris's deliciously smart sci-fi.
      • Similarly, three years later, the government managed to win parliamentary approval for only a watered-down version of the measure abolishing religious orders.
      • Throwing the disc into my player I didn't quite know what to expect, perhaps a watered-down Herbie Goes Bananas knock-off, only animated.
 
 

Definition of watered-down in US English:

watered-down

adjectiveˌwɔdərdˈdaʊnˌwôdərdˈdoun
  • 1Diluted with water.

    watered-down wine
    watered-down blue paint
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They set out a plate of cold, stringy beef and a bowl of runny, watered-down soup, then left.
    • Whatever happened to walking in to your local arcade, sucking on a watered-down fountain beverage from the food court and challenging other local hoodlums to take down your high score?
    • It is more than likely a watered-down version of the original - containing as much as 40% sugar water.
    • No watered-down margaritas at this party.
    • The product was an eau de toilette - a perfume that has been watered-down so that it can be sprayed - aimed at 15- to 25-year-old girls.
    • The usual bottles of watered-down Jameson will be presented.
    • To the fur traders they were commodities who could be purchased and indentured to company stores through watered-down alcohol and cheaply made goods.
    • In the '80s, several low-cal wines flopped because they tasted watered-down.
    • You'd be served fast-food burgers, cold fries and a watered-down soft drink.
    1. 1.1 Altered so as to be weaker in force, content, or value.
      a watered-down version of the book
      the watered-down proposal has not been welcomed
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Similarly, three years later, the government managed to win parliamentary approval for only a watered-down version of the measure abolishing religious orders.
      • It's more watered-down than our point of view, but they're reaching a lot more people.
      • Having seen the final cut, it's mind-boggling to believe that such a watered-down version was ever considered.
      • This is no watered-down ghost story thrown into theaters for teenage consumption.
      • But some believe new management will translate into a watered-down editorial focus.
      • Throwing the disc into my player I didn't quite know what to expect, perhaps a watered-down Herbie Goes Bananas knock-off, only animated.
      • The story - based on an Isak Dinesen tale but emerging as very watered-down Chekhov - concerns a noblewoman, Vanessa, who awaits the lover she hasn't seen for twenty years.
      • What's onscreen is a watered-down version of Solaris's deliciously smart sci-fi.
      • The upshot was that, although approved, the reforms were too watered-down to have any serious effect on the deficit.
      • He was turning music I grew up on into a watered-down fad, a moneymaking thing.
 
 
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