| 词汇 | watered-down |
| 释义 | watered-downWord family nounwateragewatererwaterinesswateringwaterishnesswater birdwater biscuitwater bottlewaterbuckwater buffalowater bugwater buttwater cannonwater chestnutwater closetwatercolourwatercolouristwater coolerwatercoursewatercraftwatercresswaterdrivewaterfallwaterfowlwaterfrontwaterhenwater icewatering canwatering holewatering placewater jumpwater lilywaterlinewater mainwatermanwatermanshipwatermarkwater meadowwatermelonwater meterwater pipewater pistolwater polowater powerwaterpoxwaterproofingwaterquakewater ratwatershedwatersidewatersmeetwater softenerwater sportswaterspoutwater tablewatertightnesswater towerwater vapourwater volewaterwaywaterweedwaterworkwateradjectivewateredwaterishwaterlesswaterywatered-downwaterloggedwaterproofwater-repellentwater-solublewatertightverbwaterlog ˌwatered-ˈdown adjectiveadj REDUCEa watered-down plan, report etc has been changed so that it is less extreme or forceful than when it was first written – used to show disapproval 〔计划、报告等〕作用比原来减弱了的，淡化了的〔含贬义〕 → water down a watered-down version of the original 与最初版本相比语气缓和的版本 Examples from the Corpus watered-down• Courses should not be watered-down linguistics.• It has to be understood that the general and critical does not mean the vague, the watered-down, or the journalistic.• He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's.• The House approved a watered-down version of the bill in November. watered-down version• He is the only major figure offering an alternative party programme which is not a watered-down version of Mrs Thatcher's. |
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