di.min.ish
[də`mInIʃ; diˋminiʃ]
《源自拉丁文“使变小”的意思》
及物动词
减少 <数量、力量、重要性等>
(←→ increase; cf. decrease)
Illness has seriously ~ed his strength.
疾病使他的体力严重衰退
不及物动词
减少,缩小
The heat ~ed as the sun went down.
随著日落,暑气渐消
the law of diminishing returns
‘经济’报酬递减律
(资本劳力等量继续增加,其单位生产之增加量递减的一种现象)
葡diminuir... w'indəl] (vi|vt)[C] 缩小[P] diminuir (vi|vt)[E] downsize [d'aunsaiz] (vi|vt)[C] 缩小[P] diminuir (vi|vt)[E] diminish [dim'iniʃ] (vi|vt)[C] 减少
英damp down... 情都不能破坏他的兴致。*Difficulties and failures did not damp down his enthusiasm．困难和失败都没有挫伤他的积极性。3．diminish 减少；缩小*Inflation is being damped down．通货膨涨的势头正在被抑制。
英diminutiondim.i.nu.tion[ˌdImə`njuʃən; ˌdimiˋnju:ʃn]《diminish 的名词》名词1 (U)减少,减缩,缩小2 (C)减少的量,减少额
英fa11 away1.diminish；decline 减少； 衰落；减弱*The wind fell away and all was calm．风变小了，周围一片寂静。*The number of people coming to the ...
英increase... the street, the rain ~d inforce.当我沿街走去时,雨势逐渐增强2 增殖,繁殖及物动词1 (数量、程度等方面) 增加,提高(←→ diminish)This will ~ our difficulties.这会增加我们的困难the ~d cost of living生活费的增加2 扩大 (`Inkris; 5inkri:s]名词1 增 ...
英let up1．lessen in intensity；diminish；slacken off 减少；放松*It's raining hard as ever．It's not letting up at all．雨下得还是那么大，根本没有小下来。*Harry neve ...
英run down... 店铺的证据。*He had quite a time running down the technical words．他为查出这些术语的来源花了相当多的时间。7．（cause to） diminish in number，quantity，size，etc．减少；缩小；降低*The coal industry is running down as coal deposits are used up．由于煤藏枯竭，煤 ...
英tail away/off1．diminish；grow progressively smaller in number，size，etc．变得越来越少、越来越小等*The numbers in the procession began to tail awa ...
英take down... of the accident．警察把事故的所有细节都记录下来了。*She took down the speech in short hand．她用速记法把演讲记了下来。3．diminish the pride or arrogance of；humiliate 挫某人的傲气；挫锐气*A person who is always trying to take other people down gets ...
英wear off1．lose power；diminish in effect；disappear失效；效力减少；消失*He could feel the wound aching again as the effect of the medicine wore off．随着 ...