wind down

英 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

美 [ˈwaɪnd daʊn]

摇下（车窗等）; 放松; 松弛; 逐渐减小（工作规模）; 使逐步停止; 使逐渐关闭

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 摇下(车窗等)
  When youwind downsomething such as the window of a car, you make it move downwards by turning a handle.
  1. Glass motioned to him to wind down the window...
     格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
  2. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
     如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
• PHRASAL VERB 放松;松弛
  If youwind down, you relax after doing something that has made you feel tired or tense.
  1. I regularly have a drink to wind down.
     我经常喝点酒放松一下。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 逐渐减小(工作规模);使逐步停止;使逐渐关闭
  If someonewinds downa business or activity, they gradually reduce the amount of work that is done or the number of people that are involved, usually before closing or stopping it completely.
  1. Foreign aid workers have already begun winding down their operation...
     外国救援人员已开始逐步缩减救援活动。
  2. In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
     1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。

双语例句

• This is the beginning& but not the end –-of our effort to wind down this war.
  这是我们结束战争努力的开端，而不是尾声。
• When the search begins to wind down, and you begin to realize you are suffering, then you become sensitive to Me.
  当你的追寻开始放松下来，当你开始体会你的困苦，你会开始感受我。
• We went to the pub to wind down.
  我们去酒店放松一下。
• Use the last hours of the evening to wind down.
  使用晚上最后几个小时的时间来放松。
• The Detroit carmaker said it would now wind down production of the heavy sports utility vehicle.
  这家底特律汽车制造商表示，目前将停产悍马这种重型运动型多功能车。
• We ended one war and began to wind down another.
  我们结束了一场战争，另一场也接近尾声。
• If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
  如果有陌生人拦你的车，把车窗摇下一点点就行。
• We went to the local pub to wind down.
  我们去到当地的酒店轻松一下。
• The day was cold, with a nipping wind down the northward running streets.
  今天早上冷风刺骨。天气很冷，向北面的街上刮起了一阵刺骨的冷风。
• I regularly have a drink to wind down.
  我经常喝点酒放松一下。