1、wear down

(使)磨平;(使)磨光

Pipe smokers sometimes wear down the tips of their teeth where they grip their pipes.

抽煙斗的人用牙齒咬住煙斗，有時會把齒尖磨平。

The machines start to wear down, they don't make as many nuts and bolts as they used to.

機器開始出現磨損，螺母和螺釘的產量不如從前了。

使斗志消磨;挫敗

None can match your sheer willpower and persistence in wearing down the opposition.

在消磨反對派的意志方面，沒有人能比得上你那驚人的意志力和不懈的堅持。

They hoped the waiting and the uncertainty would wear down my resistance.

他們希望拖延擱置會瓦解我的抵抗。

2、escape

逃離;逃脫

A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.

一名囚犯從英格蘭北部的一所監獄中越獄。

They are reported to have escaped to the other side of the border.

有報道稱他們已經逃過了國境線。

躲過;逃脫;幸免

The two officers were extremely lucky to escape serious injury.

那兩名警官極其幸運，沒有受重傷。

The man's girlfriend managed to escape unhurt.

那個男人的女朋友成功逃脫，毫發無損。

為…所不知;逃過…的注意;被…忘記

It was an actor whose name escapes me for the moment.

那個男演員的名字我一時想不起來了。

Blonde and slender, she was too striking to escape their attention.

金發細腰的她太引人注目了，他們很難不注意到她。