wear and tear
磨損；損耗Do you see the wear and tear on this old rifle? It was built 150 years ago.你看見這支老來福槍上的磨損嗎？它是150年前造的。
The furniture suffers a lot of wear and tear when the children are at home.孩子們在家時傢俱磨損很厲害。
wear away
使磨損In the course of centuries, the wind has worn the rocks away.幾世紀以來岩石都風化了。
wear down
削弱We wore down their opposition after several hours' argument.爭辯了幾個小時之後我們削弱了他們的異議。
wear off
逐漸消逝The pain is wearing off.疼痛漸漸消失了。
wear on
緩慢地進行The meeting wore on all afternoon.會議沉悶地開了整個下午。
wear out
穿破My shoes are worn out.我的鞋穿破了。
the worse for wear
被用壞，用舊Most of them were looking rather the worse for wear.它們看上去大都很破。