wear down ( wearing, wore, worn, wears )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you wear something down or if it wears down, it becomes flatter or smoother as a result of constantly rubbing against something else. 使磨平

  例：

  Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.

  抽烟斗的人用牙齿咬住烟斗，有时会把牙齿尖磨平。

  例：

  The heels on his shoes had worn down.

  他鞋子的后跟磨平了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you wear someone down, you make them gradually weaker or less determined until they eventually do what you want. 消磨 (某人) 斗志

  例：

  None can match your sheer will-power and persistence in wearing down the opposition.

  在消磨反对派的意志方面，没有人能比得上你那惊人的毅力和恒心。

  例：

  They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.

  他们希望这种等待和不确定性会削弱我的抵抗。