英语词汇“wear someone/thing down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wear someone/thing down

Overcome someone or something by persistence: initially, she protested, but he wore down her resistance...

The father said, ‘No, no, no,’ at first and refused, but finally he was worn down by the boy's persistence.
This was a peace process by sloth, a two-year long round of talks about talks about talks, which finally wore the parties down to the point where they would have put their names to just about anything the Prime Minister stuck in front of them.
Sometimes we argue and he wears my patience down and my only refuge will be an insult aimed at his mother.

Synonyms

gradually overcome, slowly reduce/diminish/lessen, drain, erode, wear away, exhaust, undermine, chip away at

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单词	wear someone/thing down
释义	wear someone/thing down Overcome someone or something by persistence: initially, she protested, but he wore down her resistance... The father said, ‘No, no, no,’ at first and refused, but finally he was worn down by the boy's persistence. This was a peace process by sloth, a two-year long round of talks about talks about talks, which finally wore the parties down to the point where they would have put their names to just about anything the Prime Minister stuck in front of them. Sometimes we argue and he wears my patience down and my only refuge will be an insult aimed at his mother. Synonyms gradually overcome, slowly reduce/diminish/lessen, drain, erode, wear away, exhaust, undermine, chip away at See parent entry: wear
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