wear down

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue.
    — The eight hour shift in the mine began to wear Tim down after a few months.
  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. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.

词形变化

wears down present,singular,third-person wearing down participle,present wore down past worn down participle,past
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