往饮料或液体中加水,以降低其浓度或烈度。
"He watered down the squash because the children found it too sweet."
稀释液体,或削弱某事的影响、力度或效果。
往饮料里加水让它变淡,或让计划、想法变得没那么强或没那么有效。
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往饮料或液体中加水,以降低其浓度或烈度。
"He watered down the squash because the children found it too sweet."
削弱某事的力量、效果或影响,尤指政策、法律或提案。
"Critics accused the government of watering down the environmental legislation to appease industry lobbies."
The final bill was a watered-down version of what reformers had hoped for.
— The New York Times, widely attested phrasing in political reporting (various dates)
把某事简化,或降低其难度或质量,使其更容易接受或争议更小。
"The teacher watered down the exam because so many students had struggled with the material."
往某物里加水,让它没那么浓——比喻义就是直接从这个意思引申来的。
往饮料里加水让它变淡,或让计划、想法变得没那么强或没那么有效。
字面义指把饮料稀释。比喻义在新闻和政治语境中非常常见,常用来批评某些提案在压力下被削弱。英式和美式英语都经常使用这个表达。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "water down" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
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