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

• Rain and frost are natural agents that wear away rocks.
  雨和霜都是磨蚀岩石的自然力。
• I will be wanting them to be small round and flat with a picture injected inside so that it doesn't wear away with play.
  我会希望他们是小轮和平面内注入，所以它不穿打客场的图片。
• As your wedding-ring wears, your cares will wear away.
  结婚戒指戴旧了，烦恼也就消除了。
• 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；
• Youth, while we have it, we must wear daily, and it will fast wear away.
  我们一旦有了青春，就必须天天利用，因为他很快就会消失。
• 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。
• To gnaw or wear away; erode.
  啮蚀，腐蚀啮蚀或磨损；
• 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。