1、wear down

(使)磨平;(使)磨光

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

抽烟斗的人用牙齿咬住烟斗，有时会把齿尖磨平。

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

机器开始出现磨损，螺母和螺钉的产量不如从前了。

使斗志消磨;挫败

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

在消磨反对派的意志方面，没有人能比得上你那惊人的意志力和不懈的坚持。

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

他们希望拖延搁置会瓦解我的抵抗。

2、escape

逃离;逃脱

A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.

一名囚犯从英格兰北部的一所监狱中越狱。

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

有报道称他们已经逃过了国境线。

躲过;逃脱;幸免

The two officers were extremely lucky to escape serious injury.

那两名警官极其幸运，没有受重伤。

The man's girlfriend managed to escape unhurt.

那个男人的女朋友成功逃脱，毫发无损。

为…所不知;逃过…的注意;被…忘记

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

那个男演员的名字我一时想不起来了。

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

金发细腰的她太引人注目了，他们很难不注意到她。