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

• He says it's the only way he can wind down.
  说这是唯一让自己放松的方法。
• Mama! The clock! We've let it wind down.
  妈妈，老爷钟，我们已经好久没有给它上发条了！
• 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。
• Glass motioned to him to wind down the window
  格拉斯示意他把车窗摇下。
• 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。
• I haven't even begun to think about quitting, or having a last hurrah, or allowing my career to wind down.
  不论是突然退出、来个告别演出，还是逐渐淡出，我甚至完全都没有考虑过。
• 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。
• In 1991 the Ada plant began to wind down.
  1991年埃达厂开始逐渐关闭。
• After the cut off time I stop working and wind down.
  在截止时间过后，我停止工作放松一下。
• We went to the pub to wind down.
  我们去酒店放松一下。