[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)稀释;(使)冲淡 If a liquid is diluted or dilutes, it is added to or mixes with water or another liquid, and becomes weaker.
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If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water...
如果给婴儿喝果汁,要用凉开水充分稀释。
The liquid is then diluted...
然后液体被稀释。
The poisons seeping from Hanford's contaminated land quickly dilute in the water.
从汉福德受污染的土地里渗出的有毒物质很快就在水中稀释了。
dilution
...ditches dug for sewage dilution.
用来稀释污水的沟渠
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]稀释过的;冲淡的 A dilute liquid is very thin and weak, usually because it has had water added to it.
[usu ADJ n]
...a dilute solution of bleach.
经稀释的漂白剂
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[VERB 动词]削弱;降低;减轻 If someone or something dilutes a belief, quality, or value, they make it weaker and less effective.
[V n]
There was a clear intention to dilute black voting power...
明显有意图要削弱黑人的选举力量。
Serious attention is being given to diluting the value of personal tax allowances.
人们正密切关注降低个人收入免税额度一事。
dilution
...a potentially devastating dilution of earnings per share.
每股收益可能的大幅摊薄
Oxford
di·lute/daɪˈluːt;daɪˈljuːt; NAmEdaɪˈluːt/
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dilutedilutesdiluteddilutingverb1dilutesth (with sth) to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid to it 稀释;冲淡SYN
water down
◆The paint can be diluted with water to make a lighter shade.这颜料可用水稀释以使色度淡一些。2dilutesth to make sth weaker or less effective 削弱;降低;使降低效果SYN
water down
◆Large classes dilute the quality of education that children receive.大班上课会降低孩子所受教育的质量。▶di·lu·tiondilutiondilutions/daɪˈluːʃn;daɪˈljuːʃn; NAmEdaɪˈluːʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆the dilution of sewage污水的稀释处理◆This is a serious dilution of their election promises.这是对他们竞选时许下的诺言大打折扣。adjective(alsodi·luted)(of a liquid 液体)made weaker by adding water or another substance 稀释了的;冲淡了的◆a dilute acid/solution稀释酸液╱溶液di·lute/daɪˈluːt;daɪˈljuːt; NAmEdaɪˈluːt/di·lu·tion/daɪˈluːʃn;daɪˈljuːʃn; NAmEdaɪˈluːʃn/
1to make a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid → water down: diluted fruit juicedilute something with/in something Dilute the paint with a little oil.► see thesaurus at
mix
2to make a quality, belief etc weaker or less effectiveSYN water down: an attempt to dilute the proposals—dilution /daɪˈluːʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]: Any dilution of standards must be resisted.
dilute1 verb
dilute2 adjective
dilutedi‧lute2 adjective
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a dilute liquid has been made weaker by the addition of water or another liquidOPP concentrated: dilute hydrochloric acid
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