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dilute sth with sth
常用搭配，表示用某种液体稀释。
Dilute the juice with water to reduce its sweetness.
用水稀释果汁以降低甜度。
稀释；冲淡
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稀释；冲淡
to make something thinner or weaker by adding a liquid, especially water
Dilute the juice with water to reduce its sweetness.
用水稀释果汁以降低甜度。
通过加入溶剂(尤其是水)使溶液变稀。
To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
削弱,尤指通过添加外来物质。
To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
通过增加总股数使每股价值或股东持股比例下降。
To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
变得稀释、稀薄或微弱。
To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
dilute
Base
原形
dilutes
3rd person
第三人称单数
diluting
-ing
现在分词
diluted
Past
过去式
diluted
Past participle
过去分词
She dilutes the juice with water.
她用水稀释果汁。
He diluted the paint before applying it.
他在涂漆前稀释了油漆。
They have diluted the solution too much.
他们把溶液稀释得太厉害了。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
You should dilute the juice with water to make it less sweet.
你应该用水稀释果汁，让它不那么甜。
She diluted the paint with a little thinner before applying it.
她在涂漆前用一点稀释剂稀释了油漆。
The chemist is diluting the acid solution carefully to avoid splashing.
化学家正在小心地稀释酸溶液以避免飞溅。
常用搭配，表示用某种液体稀释。
Dilute the juice with water to reduce its sweetness.
用水稀释果汁以降低甜度。
可接to表示稀释后的浓度。
The chemist diluted the acid to a 10% solution.
化学家将酸稀释成10%的溶液。
直接接宾语，省略稀释剂或浓度。
You can dilute the paint if it's too thick.
如果油漆太稠，你可以稀释它。
Not this
Dilute the sugar in hot water.
Use this
Dissolve the sugar in hot water.
中文中“稀释”和“溶解”常被混淆。“Dilute”指降低液体浓度，通常针对已溶解的物质；“Dissolve”指固体完全混合成溶液。此处糖是固体，应用“dissolve”。
Not this
The paint dilutes with water.
Use this
The paint is diluted with water.
“Dilute”是及物动词，需要宾语或用被动语态表示被稀释。主动语态“dilutes”表示自动稀释，不正确。应用被动语态“is diluted”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
用水稀释
Dilute the juice with water before drinking.
饮用前用水稀释果汁。
稀释溶液
Add more solvent to dilute the solution.
加入更多溶剂以稀释溶液。
稀释油漆
You may need to dilute the paint before applying it.
涂抹前你可能需要稀释油漆。
削弱影响
Bad packaging can dilute the impact of your message.
糟糕的包装会削弱你信息的冲击力。
摊薄股东价值
Issuing new shares can dilute shareholder value.
发行新股会摊薄股东价值。
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dilute 开头 di 像‘滴’，往水里滴入别的东西，溶液就被稀释、冲淡；引申为削弱。
语域：mixed 常见场景：cooking、chemistry、finance dilute 的语体比较灵活：日常多用于描述给液体兑水（如做菜），此时比较中性；在化学或金融等专业语境中则偏正式。因此整体标记为 mixed。正式写作中很常见，日常口语中也不显生硬。
常用于被动语态，如 be diluted with/in sth.
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