grind down

英 [ɡraɪnd daʊn]

美 [ɡraɪnd daʊn]

虐待; 折磨; 欺压

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 虐待；折磨；欺压
  If you say that someonegrindsyoudown, you mean that they treat you very harshly and cruelly, reducing your confidence or your will to resist them.
  1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
     有一些人会想要让你难堪，欺负你。

英英释义

verb

• rule a country as a tyrant
  Synonym:tyrannizetyrannise

双语例句

• July numbers may have been boosted by the impending end of some tax rebates and weak June industrial production data suggest some factories are being mothballed to grind down stockpiles.
  7月份数据可能受到部分出口退税政策即将终止的提振，而6月份工业生产数据疲软，似乎表明部分工厂正在减产，以消化大量存货。
• Heavy taxes grind us down.
  我们受重税的压榨。
• Roll grinder a special lathe used to grind down or resurface rubber applicator rolls.
  辊子打磨&特殊的车床用来磨去和涂布辊的表面。
• In2011, I hope that Spurs continue to grind out results against the teams that historically we find hard to break down.
  2011年，我希望热刺能够面对一些强队打出历史性的好成绩。
• They grind the bones down and make them into a traditional drink that is believed to increase strength.
  他们把骨头碾碎，做成一种据说可以强身健体的传统饮料。
• The exploiting classes resort to every possible means to grind down and exploit the labouring people.
  剥削阶级用各种手段来压迫剥削劳动人民。
• There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
  有一些人会想要让你难堪，欺负你。
• "Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it." Roll grinder a special lathe used to grind down or resurface rubber applicator rolls.
  作饼的粮食是用磨磨碎，因它不必常打。虽用碌碡和马打散，却不磨它。辊子打磨&特殊的车床用来磨去和涂布辊的表面。
• The daily grind of looking after three children was wearing her down.
  每天照看三个孩子的苦差事使她变得憔悴。
• It won't grind down any finer than this.
  不能磨的比这个再细了。