wear

wear and tear

1. 磨损

The furniture suffers a lot of wear and tear when the children are at home.

孩子们在家时家具磨损很厉害。

wear away

1. 使磨损

In the course of centuries, the wind has worn the rocks away.

几世纪以来岩石都风化了。

wear down

1. 削弱

We wore down their opposition after several hours' argument.

争辩了几个小时之后我们削弱了他们的异议。

wear off

1. 逐渐消逝

The pain is wearing off.

疼痛渐渐消失了。

wear on

1. 缓慢地进行

The meeting wore on all afternoon.

会议沉闷地开了整个下午。

wear out

1. 穿破

My shoes are worn out.

我的鞋穿破了。

the worse for wear

1. 被用坏, 用旧

Most of them were looking rather the worse for wear.

它们看上去大都很破。