grind down

1 In Flat Earth News, Nick Davies derides the culture of intense pressure for more stories in less time with less fact-checking, while simultaneously empathising with young journalists who are ground down by it.

2 It was already ground down from multiple rounds of destruction and rebuilding, poor governance, and the Israeli-Egyptian economic blockade; some of the buildings that were bombed had been constructed out of concrete from previous buildings that had been bombed.

3 As those lyrics suggest, Segarra is making a class critique about the way that our society grinds down on the vulnerable.

4 The catamaran cuts up the Kona coast past striking black-sand beaches made by lava boulders that have been ground down by the waves over the past 150 years.

5 After the failure of Ukraine to pierce Russian front lines in the east and south last year, Moscow has been trying to grind down Ukrainian forces just as Kyiv ponders a major new mobilization.

6 In an intermission interview on TNT, Maurice said the goal of the first 20 minutes was to grind down the Penguins and then turn up the offensive intensity after the opening frame.

7 The Fed has already pulled its main interest rate to the highest level since 2001 in hopes of grinding down high inflation.

8 Licking the plate is out, as is grasping the toast firmly in your fist and using it to grind down everything in its way.

9 Mills used to use heavy stones to grind down the wheat into flour; now they use more modern machinery.

磨房过去使用笨重的石磨把麦磨成面粉;现在它们使用的是比较现代的机械。

10 It won't grind down any finer than this.

不能磨得比这个再细了。

11 The rice will grind down into flour.

这米要磨成粉.

12 The exploiting classes resort to every possible means to grind down and exploit the labouring people.

剥削阶级用各种手段来压迫剥削劳动人民.

13 Roll grinder a special lathe used to grind down or resurface rubber applicator rolls.

辊子打磨---特殊的车床用来磨去和涂布辊的表面.

1 虐待

abusive abuse punishment misuse mistreat maltreat ill-treat kick around

2 磨碎

ground grind grate grind up

3 压迫

oppression grind oppress oppressive pressure

4 欺压

oppress

5 折磨

suffering torture torment ordeal affliction purgatory dog trouble plague afflict crucify scourge harry put through it put through rack ill-treat ill-use

6 磨光

bald baldness burnish grind off