phrasal verbphr vPASS/GO PASTif time wears on, it passes very slowly, especially when you are waiting for something to happen 〔时间〕慢慢过去〔尤指在等待某事发生时〕
I was feeling more tired as the night wore on.
夜渐渐深了,我感觉越来越疲倦。
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as the ... wore on• But things grew a great deal worse as the century wore on.• Melloni uses these data to argue that the influence of Pius prevailedas the pontificate wore on.• The phoneexchanges were manned by civilians, and they were being more recalcitrant in respondingas the night wore on.• As the hour wore on, a kind of trance seemed to settle over the action.• Middlesbrough came more into the game as an attackingunitas the match wore on and could have won.• As the summer wore on, Fonti began to get a little frazzled.• Few hospitals had swimmingpools, but as the epidemics wore on, many acquired pools of some sort.• As the morning wore on the level of vitriolrose.