1. Since Honolulu, Mr Noda has already pandered to protectionists by watering down his message. 自从火鲁奴奴之行，野田佳彦为了迎合保护主义者已经冲淡了他发出的信息。
2. And the question becomes how many compromises, how much watering down, one is willing to accept. 现在的问题就是，人们可以做多少妥协，忍受多少失望。
3. The various accounting bodies are trying to placate the politicians while avoiding watering down standards too much. 各家会计事务所正在一面尽力使政客们安心，同时避免过度降低标准。
4. Other cross talk elders say the money associated with the form’s popularity has commercialized the shows, watering down the traditional wit. 其他老一辈相声演员也认为，与钱挂钩使得相声变得商业化，从而让相声这个古老的艺术智慧渗了水。
5. He says it may represent what he called "a watering down of the diagnostic criteria such that they capture more people with milder symptoms." 他说这说明了他称之为：“诊断标准的淡化致使研究人员得到更多患有轻微的症状的。”
