grind somebody ↔ down

phrasal verbphr v CONTROLto treat someone in a cruel way for such a long time that they lose all courage and hope 〔长期地〕欺压，折磨〔某人，使其丧失勇气、希望等〕 SYN oppress

I’ve never let male colleagues grind me down.

我从没让男同事欺负过我。

Examples from the Corpus

grind down• Alternatively, chop the nuts very finely, add the garlic and use a pestle and mortar to grind them down.• I've never let male colleagues grind me down.• Larry moved her to Beaumont, Texas, where his jealousy and possessive ways slowly ground her down.• Westmoreland was wrong to count on his superior firepower to grind us down.• With Rufus it did to some extent come back again and all he could do was grind it down and soldier on.• The idea is to grind his victims down by boring them to death.• He grinds the stub down carefully and looks at it an instant reverentially.• I radioed for clearance and ground slowly down the runway.

→ grind somebody ↔ down at grind1(3)

词汇	grind somebody ↔ down
释义	grind somebody ↔ down grind somebody ↔ down phrasal verbphr v CONTROLto treat someone in a cruel way for such a long time that they lose all courage and hope 〔长期地〕欺压，折磨〔某人，使其丧失勇气、希望等〕 SYN oppress I’ve never let male colleagues grind me down. 我从没让男同事欺负过我。 Examples from the Corpus grind down• Alternatively, chop the nuts very finely, add the garlic and use a pestle and mortar to grind them down.• I've never let male colleagues grind me down.• Larry moved her to Beaumont, Texas, where his jealousy and possessive ways slowly ground her down.• Westmoreland was wrong to count on his superior firepower to grind us down.• With Rufus it did to some extent come back again and all he could do was grind it down and soldier on.• The idea is to grind his victims down by boring them to death.• He grinds the stub down carefully and looks at it an instant reverentially.• I radioed for clearance and ground slowly down the runway. → grind somebody ↔ down at grind1(3)
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