wear away

英 [weə(r) əˈweɪ]

美 [wer əˈweɪ]

（使）磨损; （使）磨薄

TOEFL

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)磨损;(使)磨薄
  If youwearsomethingawayor if itwears away, it becomes thin and eventually disappears because it is used a lot or rubbed a lot.
  1. It had a saddle with springs sticking out, which wore away the seat of my pants...
     鞍座上的弹簧翘出来，把我裤子臀部那块磨破了。
  2. The softer rock wears away.
     硬度较低的石头磨光滑了。

英英释义

verb

• become ground down or deteriorate
  1. Her confidence eroded
  Synonym:erodegnawgnaw ateat at
• diminish, as by friction
  1. Erosion wore away the surface
  Synonym:wear off
• cut away in small pieces
  Synonym:whittle awaywhittle down

双语例句

• Rain and frost are natural agents that wear away rocks.
  雨和霜都是磨蚀岩石的自然力。
• The main effect visitors have is to wear away the fragile top surface of the landscape which then erodes away in a very wide path and creates a scar on the landscape.
  游客带来的主要影响是会损害脆弱的地表，于是地表的景色就会被渐渐地侵蚀，只剩下一条宽阔的道路，给美丽的景色留下一道伤疤。
• After the operation, she just seemed to wear away until she died.
  手术后，她似乎一直虚弱，直到死去。
• Youth, while we have it, we must wear daily, and it will fast wear away.
  我们一旦有了青春，就必须天天利用，因为他很快就会消失。
• She had never been malicious, which is relative kindness; and then, years wear away the angles, and the softening which comes with time had come to her.
  她从来不对旁人生恶念，那是一种相当好的品质；后来，岁月磨尽棱角，时间进一步向她下软化功夫。
• As history is developed forward, there is new spiritual intension in grassland culture, though we step into information age today, the tradition, to the already influence of the culture of the yurt of grassland culture that yet not to wear away.
  随着历史向前发展，今天草原上的游牧文化又有了新的精神内涵。尽管我们今天已经跨进了信息化时代，传统的游牧文化对今天草原文化的影响仍然存在。
• To gnaw or wear away; erode.
  啮蚀，腐蚀啮蚀或磨损；
• The morning shadows wear away.
  这影子本产自我们自己；
• Or they tried to wear away the crust by mechanical means, which is time consuming and can damage the paint.
  修复人员们也尝试过利用机械方法将外来物沉积层磨掉，但这非常耗时而且会伤害到画作本身。
• It had a saddle with springs sticking out, which wore away the seat of my pants
  鞍座上的弹簧翘出来，把我裤子臀部那块磨破了。