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基本双解英英辨析词源搭配短语记法近义反义句型派生词用法例句Thesaurus例句
vt.减少⁸⁰;减损¹;贬低¹¹vi.变少⁵;逐渐变细³形容词diminishable名词diminishment过去分词diminished现在分词diminishing三单diminishes
减小减少状态缩减风
v.动词
vt. & vi. 使减少; 缩小make less; decrease; reduce vt. & vi. 减弱…的权势devalue; be little
Verb:
decrease in size, extent, or range;The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester The cabin pressure fell dramatically her weight fell to under a hundred pounds his voice fell to a whisper lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of;don't belittle your colleagues
v.动词
diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce这组词都可表示“降低”或“减少”。其区别在于:decrease指各种事物逐渐减少、逐渐衰弱的过程; lessen指减轻强度和减缓烈度,也可指从整体上减去部分或在程度上、数量上的减少; diminish指可以看得出的“缩小”“缩减”; reduce指缩小事物的范围、强度、数量等,也可指级别、地位或经济条件的降低。例如: Decrease the dose of medicine when you feel better.你感到好些就减少药剂用量。
The number of fighters had now diminished to two, but the hilltop remained in our hands.现在战士只剩下两个人了,但我们仍然占领着山头。
Good lubrication will reduce friction.良好的润滑会减少摩擦。
The noise lessened as the plane got further away.飞机逐渐飞远了,噪音也就减弱了。decrease，diminish，lessen，reduce，dwindle这些词的共同含义是“减少，变少”。 decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。 diminish侧重大小、数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。 lessen普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。 reduce普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。 dwindle与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。 英语diminish是两个废弃词汇diminue和minish的混合体。diminue经古法语diminuer来源于拉丁语中由前缀de-离开,分离和动词minuere缩小,减少组成的复合动词diminuere把…分成小片。minish经通俗拉丁语minutiare和古法语menuiser,来源于拉丁语动词minuere缩小,减少的过去分词minutus。
词根词缀： di-分离,分开 + -min-小 + -ish动词词尾
用作动词 v.
～+名词diminish the costing减少开支diminish the food减少食物～+副词diminish continuously继续减少diminish gradually逐渐减少diminish greatly大量地减少diminish materially物质上减少diminish progressively不断减少diminish sensibly真正地减少diminish seriously严重地减少diminish steadily稳步地减少～+介词diminish by减少diminish in缩小,减少
用作动词v.
diminish by v.+prep.
由于…而减少 reduce for (some reason) diminish sth by sthDiminish the revenue by reducing tax.由于减税而使这个国家的税收减少。钱博士di=de-，向下，彻底，加强语气+min小的，少的+ish动词后缀⇒使变小，减少
词根min-小的，少的来自拉丁语，后面常常附加连接字母i得到组合形式mini-，常常音译为“迷你”。方振宇词汇奥秘di＝dis，表加强意义+min小+ish使…→缩减
比较记忆diminishable可缩小的，可缩减的undiminishable不可缩小的非常记忆di弟〖拼音〗+mini迷你〖熟词〗+sh上海〖拼音〗⇒弟弟的迷你盒子被带到上海后缩小了di=de-，向下，彻底，加强语气+min小的，少的+ish动词后缀⇒使变小，减少。词根记忆di＋mini小＋ish使→变小，减少词根记忆di分开+min小+ish →小下去→减少di向下+mini小+ish⇒小下去→缩小词根记忆di向下+min+ish=小下去=缩小词根记忆di＋min小＋ish→减少；降低近义词 cut切stem柄ebb退潮wane衰落fall落下lower低的reduce减少lessen减少shrink收缩loosen松开taper小蜡烛curtail缩减dwindle减少shorten弄短deflate放气silence沉默relieve救济subside沉没cheapen降低decrease减少contract合同fade逐渐消失fade out淡出belittle轻视alleviate减轻moderate适度的languish衰弱无力soften使变柔和fade away逐渐消失peter out逐渐减少weaken使 … 弱，削弱…反义词 raise上升increase增加
用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AThe campers's food supply gradually diminished as the days were on.随着一天天地过去,野营人的食物逐渐减少了。
The cost of the production greatly diminished.生产成本大大地减少了。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.The long war greatly diminished the country's wealth.长期的战争使这个国家的财富锐减。
Unforeseen expenses diminished his savings.意外的支出减少了他的存款数目。
We should try to diminish the cost of production.我们应尽力减少生产成本。
Several unpopular decisions diminished the governor's popularity.几项不得人心的决定使州长的声望下降。Pdiminishablea.可缩减的可削弱的Pundiminisheda.未经缩减的未经减少的没有降低的
v.动词
diminish的基本意思是“减少”“缩小”,指某事物对照原本基础上数量或质量少了很多; 常引申表示“减弱…的权势”。 diminish可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,作及物动词时,其后多接名词或代词作宾语。
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用作及物动词We should try todiminishthe cost of production.我们应尽力减少生产成本。
His illnessdiminishedhis health.疾病侵蚀了他的健康。
He likes todiminishthe skills of others.他喜欢贬低别人的技能。用作不及物动词The amount of water in the pond willdiminishas the dry season continues.如果旱季还持续下去，池塘中的水量将减少。
As he turned the knob, the sounddiminished.他一转旋钮，声音就变小了。verb.become or cause to be less
同义词 abate,curtail,decline,decrease,dwindle,ebb,lessen,lower,recede,reduce,shrink,slacken,subside,temper,wane,weakenabbreviate,attenuate,close,contract,cut,depreciate,drain,extenuate,minify,moderate,retrench,shrivel,taperbecome smaller,die out,fade away,peter out
反义词 develop,enlarge,expand,extend,grow,increase,prolong,raise,rise,strengthen,amplify,lengthencompliment,flatter,praiseverb.belittle
同义词 detract from,minimizeabuse,cheapen,decry,demean,depreciate,derogate,devalue,panbad-mouth,cut down to size,dispraise,dump on,give comeuppance,knock off high horse,poormouth,put away,put down,run down,tear down
反义词 approve,commend,compliment,enhance,exalt,increase,laud,praise,raise,upgradedevelop,enlarge,expand,extend,flatter,grow,lengthen,prolong
abaseverb deprive of self-esteem, confidence
belittle,debase,degrade,demean,disgrace,dishonor,humble,humiliate,lower,mortify,reduce,shame
abateverb lessen, grow or cause to grow less
allay,chill out,coast,cool,cool it,decline,decrease,diminish,dull,dwindle,ebb,go with the flow,hang easy,hang loose,lay back,let go,let it all hang out,let up,mellow out,moderate,quell,recede,reduce,slacken,slow,subdue,subside,take it easy,taper,taper off,unlax,wane
abridgeverb shorten
abbreviate,abstract,blue pencil,chop,clip,compress,concentrate,condense,contract,curtail,cut,decrease,digest,diminish,downsize,lessen,limit,narrow,put in nutshell,reduce,restrict,slash,snip,summarize,trim,truncate
alloyverb adulterate
debase,denature,devalue,diminish,impair,reduce
appeaseverb satisfy, pacify
allay,alleviate,assuage,be enough,blunt,calm,compose,conciliate,content,diminish,do,ease,gratify,lessen,lull,make matters up,meet halfway,mitigate,mollify,patch things up,placate,propitiate,quell,quench,quiet,serve,soften,soothe,subdue,sweeten,tranquilize
appeasesverb satisfy, pacify
allays,alleviates,assuages,blunts,calms,composes,conciliates,contents,diminishes,does,eases,gratifies,is enough,lessens,lulls,makes matters up,meets halfway,mitigates,mollifies,patches things up,placates,propitiates,quells,quenches,quiets,serves,softens,soothes,subdues,sweetens,tranquilizes That situation could diminish his talent— something he does have bags of.
自信心受到打击能削弱他的天赋——虽然他很有天分。 yeeyan
The workforce will continue to diminish, or move away from where it is most needed.
工作队伍将继续缩小，或远离对它最有需求的地方。 who
But that does not diminish the utility of Kissinger’s thinking the unthinkable.
但是，那并未削弱基辛格所作人所不敢之设想的效果。 yeeyan
Calling the function on a subtree of the document can diminish the risks.
在文档的子树上调用该函数可以减少这些出错的风险。 ibm
If you stray from the guidelines, your amount of reuse will diminish.
如果您偏离方针，那么您的复用量将减少。 ibm
Second, we struggle to change human behaviours in ways that protect health and diminish risks and dangers.
第二，我们努力改变人类的行为以保护健康并减少风险和威胁。 who
So when they start managing their anger and they find that kind of intensity associated with their anger, as it starts to diminish it leaves a vacuum.
因此当他们开始学习管理自己的气愤情绪时，他们发现某种紧张情绪与他们的气愤情绪相关，就好像用吸尘器清除树叶一样在减少。 yeeyan
Time will never make our friendship diminish.
时间的流逝永不会使我们的友谊减弱。《21世纪大英汉词典》
Time will not diminish our friendship.
时间的流逝将不会减弱我们的友谊。《21世纪大英汉词典》
We cannot allow a growing animosity toward China to diminish America's resolve to seek closer ties with our trading partners in Asia and around the world.
我们不能允许以对中国不断增长的敌视来减少美国在亚洲和世界其他地方寻求更亲密关系的贸易伙伴的决心。 yeeyan |