| 单词 | water down |
| 释义 | water down (once / 7082 pages) v WORD FAMILY water down: watered down, watering down, waters down USAGE EXAMPLESOther proposals, often extremely mild, are still in the green paper, but even they have been watered down. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) Prosecutors on the taskforce called a news conference to denounce the changes to water down the bill. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) The 39-year-old vowed to unite the fractious party and fight to ensure that Britain’s divorce from the European Union is not watered down in negotiations. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) 1v thin by adding water to They watered down the moonshine Hyper adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones 2v make less strong or intense water down the mixture Hyper cut, dilute, reduce, thin, thin out lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture |
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