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dilute vt.稀释；冲淡adj.冲淡的；稀释的 (1) 用一加仑水稀释漂白粉。(2) 芳香剂被高度稀释了。(3) 护士用生理盐水把药加以稀释。(4) 他认为亨利少将的参加也许可以冲淡这顿晚餐的紧张气氛。(5) 韦应物诗歌给人以冲淡的感觉，其实在这种冲淡的风格下隐含着诗人性格的孤独因素。(6) 医生叮嘱他用稀释的硼酸溶液洗他的眼睛。 Think about diluting as lessening the quality but increasing the quantity. Unless you're diluting a really strong drink to make it taste better or diluting heavy paint to get a lighter shade — then the quality actually improves. Quipped President John F. Kennedy, “Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.”

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英 [daɪ'luːt] 美 [daɪ'luːt] (1) Dilute the bleach in a gallon of water.(2) The fragrances are highly diluted.(3) The nurse diluted the drug with saline water.(4) He thought Rear Admiral Henry's presence might dilute the tension of the dinner.(5) Readers feel dilute after reading Wei Yingwu's poetry, in reality, the poet concealed his solitude under this kind dilute style.(6) The doctor told him to bathe his eyes with a very dilute solution of boric acid. When you dilute something, you make it thinner, weaker or more watered down. Like ice-cubes melting into your soda — it totally dilutes the bubbly taste! 1[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.   [V n prep]  [be V-ed]  [V]  [Also V n]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2[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3[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

英语单词	dilute
英美音标	英 [daɪ'luːt] 美 [daɪ'luːt]
中文释义	vt.稀释；冲淡 adj.冲淡的；稀释的
英语例句	(1) Dilute the bleach in a gallon of water. (2) The fragrances are highly diluted. (3) The nurse diluted the drug with saline water. (4) He thought Rear Admiral Henry's presence might dilute the tension of the dinner. (5) Readers feel dilute after reading Wei Yingwu's poetry, in reality, the poet concealed his solitude under this kind dilute style. (6) The doctor told him to bathe his eyes with a very dilute solution of boric acid.
中文例句	(1) 用一加仑水稀释漂白粉。 (2) 芳香剂被高度稀释了。 (3) 护士用生理盐水把药加以稀释。 (4) 他认为亨利少将的参加也许可以冲淡这顿晚餐的紧张气氛。 (5) 韦应物诗歌给人以冲淡的感觉，其实在这种冲淡的风格下隐含着诗人性格的孤独因素。 (6) 医生叮嘱他用稀释的硼酸溶液洗他的眼睛。
vocabulary简明	When you dilute something, you make it thinner, weaker or more watered down. Like ice-cubes melting into your soda — it totally dilutes the bubbly taste!
vocabulary扩展	Think about diluting as lessening the quality but increasing the quantity. Unless you're diluting a really strong drink to make it taste better or diluting heavy paint to get a lighter shade — then the quality actually improves. Quipped President John F. Kennedy, “Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.”
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [V n prep] [be V-ed] [V] [Also V n] 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 2 [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 3 [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

Dilute Diluting Water Make Liquid N Dilution Diluted