water down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dilute with water; to add water to.
    — You need to water down the lemonade a bit more to make it less sweet, dear.
  2. To make weaker, less effective. idiomatic
    — "Scaling back its ambition further, at this stage, will just mean the economic and social benefit of HS2 for communities across the UK is further watered down. Our national infrastructure should not become a political football."
  3. To simplify or oversimplify; to make easier; to make less difficult. idiomatic
    — Near-synonym: dumb down
  4. To make less restrictive; to make more lenient. idiomatic

词形变化

waters down present,singular,third-person watering down participle,present watered down participle,past watered down past
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