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

• 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。
• Over time, an unprotected joint can become deformed and parts of the rubbing bones can wear away and chip off, causing even more discomfort.
  随着时间的推移，这个不受保护的关节就会变得畸形，与之摩擦的骨头部分会因为摩擦而磨损，造成更多的不适。
• 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；
• 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。
• She had never been malicious, which is relative kindness; and then, years wear away the angles, and the softening which comes with time had come to her.
  她从来不对旁人生恶念，那是一种相当好的品质；后来，岁月磨尽棱角，时间进一步向她下软化功夫。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。