wear down

短语
大学

磨损, 损耗, 使疲劳, 使厌烦, 克服

词形变化

wearing down wears down 三单 wears down wore down worn down wearing down 现在分词 wore down 过去式 worn down 过去式 worn down 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.

    使疲劳

    使厌烦

    The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.

    (sports) To make the opponent tired after using a strategy while conserving own energy to attack later.

    He tried to wear down the bowlers before lunch so he could attack the bowlers after lunch.

  2. 2.

    To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort.

    At first she refused to buy the kids sweets, but eventually they wore her down.

  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.

词汇关系

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同义词 10

wear tire jade fag weary fatigue wear out tire out wear off fag out

上位词 2

deteriorate indispose

下位词 10

beat tucker exhaust scuff wash up ablate overfatigue overtire overweary tucker out