英语释义

1. to reduce or temper the force or effectiveness of
watered down the plan

片语

cut-price廉价的；打折扣的

英汉例句

• still, some members warned that even this could be difficult, with troublesome issues such as cotton subsidies retained in the watered-down negotiations.

  然后，一些成员国警告称即使这样也会异常艰难，一些棘手的问题如棉花补贴依然会使谈判大打折扣。

• the british government introduced a watered-down version of the proposals.

  英国政府针对这些提议提出了另一较缓和的版本。 。

• as an alternative to itso the commission also proposed a watered-down version, allowing companies to retain ownership of their spun-off networks.

  除了「独立输电系统运行商」模式外，委员会还提议了另一个折衷模式，允许公司保留销售网的所有权。

• in china recently, many children who drank milk tainted with melamine — a toxic chemical illegally added to watered-down milk to inflate the protein count — developed kidney stones.

  近期在中国，众多儿童患上了肾结石。因为他们饮用了为增加蛋白质检验值而添加三聚氰胺这种非法的、毒性的化学物而稀释的牛奶。

• but the democrat-controlled congress recently failed to agree even on a watered-down version of such a plan, without any need for a veto from george bush.

  但是最近，民主党掌控的国会甚至未能就这样一项打了折扣的制度方案达成共识，因此布什甚至不需要动用他的否决权。

• this was despite reservations among some about the watered-down role for mr green, a widely respected strategic thinker.

  尽管在稀释广受尊敬的战略思想家葛霖职权方面，一些人持有保留意见。

• he has missed his own deadlines, he may not have enough votes and even if the measure passes it is likely to be a watered-down affair.

  他已错过了他自己制定的最后期限，这可能使他不能赢得足够选票。尽管他处理事情的措施获得通过，但这很可能使事情大打折扣。

• royal bank of scotland, which has $2.4bn of loans exposed, agreed yesterday to a watered-down deal with the eu that allowed the bank to repay its borrowings to the taxpayer over a longer period.

  放贷了24亿美元的苏格兰皇家银行rbs昨天已同意与欧盟达成协议，从而得到允许宽限偿还纳税人贷款的时间，不过该协议效力有限。

• and it contains 「buy american」 clauses that, even in their watered-down version, send the wrong signal to trading partners.

  而且它还包括了若干「买美国货」条款，即使这一版已有所淡化，这些条款仍旧会向贸易伙伴发出错误信号。

• most data on social behavior under stressful conditions are from self-reported survey answers or watered-down lab simulations, torgler says.

  关于紧急情况下的社会行为的大多数数据都是来自自我报告式（self-reported，也称自陈式）的调查问卷或者大打折扣的实验室模拟，托尔格勒说。

• the reforms look like a watered-down version of the new swiss regulations.

  这一改革看上去像是瑞士新监管条例的打折版本。

• bosnia won the deal only after its intransigent leaders wore down their eu partners into accepting a watered-down version of reform for bosnia’s police.

  只有在其顽固的领导人让其欧盟伙伴接受波斯尼亚警察改革的精简版本，波斯尼亚方可在协议胜出。

• when i was in college i took electives to see what other fields were all about and i didn't expect to be given a watered-down version.

  我读大学的时候，为了了解其他领域的内容我上了许多选修课，而且我从来不希望我得到的是一个劣等的版本。

• throw in that every creative decision is influenced by the studio marketing department’s mathematical algorithm for what the audience wants, and you end up mostly with a watered-down product.

  鑒于每一个创意的决定都受到制片厂市场部有关观众喜好数字统计的影响，你最终基本只能收获到缩水的产品。

• the best anyone hopes for at this point is a highly watered-down deal that will fall far short of the initial goals.

  此时，各国期望的最佳结果是一个高度稀释的协议，而这并不符合其初衷。

• such deals violate even the watered-down version of net neutrality.

  以上的这些交易触犯甚至淡化了网络中立性的内容。

• this means not moderate sanctions or watered-down sanctions. this means crippling sanctions, and these sanctions must be applied right now.

  这一次的制裁不能只是适度的，打了折扣的。必须对伊朗进行最大限度的制裁，并且应该马上执行。

• for much of the 20th century, a watered-down version of dualism based on the idea of the psyche prevailed.

  在20世纪的大部分时间里，一个淡化了的二元论版本建立在心理学流行状况的基础之上。

• and middle-class buyers are upset because they thought they were buying into the buick brand and buick quality but instead received a watered-down car that did not meet their expectations.

  而中产阶级买主也有些郁闷，因为他们想的是：自己买了「别克」的品牌、「别克」的质量，可实际拿到的却是质量和性能都已经大打折扣的别克车，这跟自己的期望值相去甚远。

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