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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This year has been frantically busy for us and I need a holiday just to wind down.
  今年我们忙得要命&我需要有一段假期放松一下。
• When he goes on holiday, it takes him the first couple of days just to wind down.
  当他去度假的时候，最初几天只渐渐地放松下来。
• I want to go on holiday and wind down.
  我想度个假放松一下。
• Your period of meditation, reflection, or investigation will soon begin to wind down.
  你现阶段的考量，沉思或者是调查会开始尘埃落定。
• He says it's the only way he can wind down.
  说这是唯一让自己放松的方法。
• I regularly have a drink to wind down.
  我经常喝点酒放松一下。
• The ship nosed its way slowly through the ice. The proceedings began to wind down.
  那艘船缓慢地破冰前进。进程开始缓慢下来了。