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

• When two metal parts move over each other, they will wear away rapidly.
  当二个金属部件互在其上运动时它们将迅速地磨损。
• 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。
• Our life is frittered away by detail. Don't wear away your life in trifles.
  我们的生活在琐碎之中消耗掉了。
• Rain and frost are natural agents that wear away rocks.
  雨和霜都是磨蚀岩石的自然力。
• The paper introduces the method of wear away measurement in four_ balls machine testing make use of image processing, and system formation.
  介绍了利用图像处理技术在四球机试验中进行磨痕测量的方法和系统组成。
• The morning shadows wear away.
  这影子本产自我们自己；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。