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吴灵灵
grind sb↔down (长时间)虐待,欺压,折磨(某人) to treat sb in a cruel unpleasant way over a long period of time, so that they become very unhappy Don't let them grind you down. 别让他们欺压你。 Years of oppression had ground the people down. 人民年复一年地遭受着压迫。 grind on 令人厌烦地继续下去 to continue for a long time, when this is unpleasant The argument ground on for almost two years. 这场争论拖拖拉拉持续了近两年。 grind sth↔out 大量生产(尤指粗制滥造) to produce sth in large quantities, often sth that is not good or interesting 同义词: churn out She grinds out romantic novels at the rate of five a year. 她以一年五部的速度胡乱拼凑低劣的爱情小说。