water something ↔ down

phrasal verbphr v

a) REDUCEto make a statement, report etc less forceful by changing it or removing parts that may offend people – used to show disapproval 〔通过删去声明、报告等中可能冒犯人的部分〕减弱，削弱〔含贬义〕

The report of the investigation had been watered down.

调查报告已被淡化。

→ watered-down

b)WEAKEN 稀释 DFDWATERto add water to a drink to make it less strong 往〔液体〕中加水冲淡[稀释] SYN dilute

Examples from the Corpus

water down• As the mountains are raised, erosion by wind, ice, and water wears them down.• Straw in Water Place the straw in the glass of water.• Trickles of water ran down inside his collar.• And we had to keep our water supply low down, or the risk of capsize would be unacceptable.• The water came down so fast from the cold heights that it remained icy even in the thick heat of the valley.• It is easy to see why the water table goes down so rapidly.• He listened to the water course down the pipe into the bowl beneath.• Sport-watches Divers will be pleased to hear that Fila have introduced a watch water resistant down to 330 feet.

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