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

• Water can wear away rocks after a long time, even though the rock is harder.
  即使岩石更坚硬，经过漫长的时间水仍可以侵蚀岩石。
• 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。
• As your wedding-ring wears, your cares will wear away.
  结婚戒指戴旧了，烦恼也就消除了。
• 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。
• Then the notion or feeling of a self or I which is experiencing these phenomena will wear away and become eliminated from the consciousness;
  然后，认为是“我”在体验这些现象的想法或感觉就会淡化并从意识中消除；
• These oils act to replace the original resins as they wear away through natural processes.
  这些油也可以代替原始的树脂，因为它们通过光合作用把它分解了。
• And spokesman of image such easy image that consumer recognize, not merely bring the billowing wealth to products manufacturer, erect the emotion factor difficult to wear away in consumer's mind too, so receive much concern.
  而品牌形象代言人这种易于消费者辨认的形象，不仅给产品制造商带来了滚滚财富，也在消费者心目中形成了难以磨灭的情感因素，因此备受关注。
• 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。
• 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。
• Cushion can turn over changeover to use, answer to retroflexion every week, make wear away to distributing equably.
  垫子可翻转换用，应每周翻转一次，使磨损均匀分布。