Don't worry, if you really do have a great idea, it will get watered down over time without any effort from you.

不用担心，如果你确实有一个好的主意，它将随着时间的推移而不用浇水你的任何努力。

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Buying my clothes at a thrift store yields items that are not-so-watered-down versions of what I would get at my other favorite clothing store, and that are a fraction of the price.

与其在一个节俭储存收率项目那里买不是很有水洗感觉的衣服，我宁愿在其它我喜欢的衣服店里买，只要花一点点钱。

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If a player can't produce against the watered-down competition in the summer, he'll struggle mightily to get it done against real NBA players during the season.

如果夏季联赛一个球员在打折扣的竞争中不能有所收获，那他将会在正式的NBA联赛中努力战斗来达到目标。

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Investments in fast-growing markets usually get watered down, too, by the constant flood of new stocks.

WSJ: Investing in Emerging Markets Isn't for Amateurs

Given this history, people will be keen to hear the detail of Mr Osborne's proposals, and to monitor whether they subsequently get watered down.

BBC: UK banking reforms: What's new?

Andrews worries that the proposal will get watered down, as did the next phase of the low-emission zone to cut nitrogen dioxide emissions (it will only apply to city buses).

FORBES: London To Be An 'Ultra-Low Emission Zone' By 2020