英语释义

• wear off or die down;

  "The pain subsided"

• decrease in size, extent, or range;

  "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"

  "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"

  "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"

  "his voice fell to a whisper"

• make smaller;

  "He decreased his staff"

片语

lessen investment降低投资

fall off减少；跌落；下降；离开；衰退

P lessen减少

lessen tensions缓和紧张局势

to cut down减少

lessen production减少生产

lessen n缩小

geleerde lessen经验传承

diminish lessen使显得轻微

lessen requirement减少需求

nto lessen减少

英汉例句

• the government has tried to lessen this constraint by making any time worked over 35 hours free of tax and social-insurance charges.

  通过免除对任何工作超过35小时的时间征收税款和社会保险费用，政府已经试图减轻这种限制。

• regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.

  经常运动有助于减轻痛感.

• but eating olive oil might actually lessen the risk of depression, another finding in the report shows.

  但报告中的另一个发现表明：摄入橄榄油可能减少情绪抑郁的风险。

• but the united states can’t be paralyzed, and moving with others should lessen that threat.

  但是美国并不会因此瘫痪，与其他国家一起行动应该可以减少这种威胁。

• it would lessen resistance to firm action in the us.

  这将减少美国国内在采取有力行动方面的阻力。

• the engines are loud and the ride not smooth, as pilots swoop and roll to lessen the threat of attack from the ground.

  发动机组轰鸣喧嚣，由于飞行员们为减轻来自地面的袭击威胁而升降摇摆，航程也不平稳。

• this would lessen the number of technologies and amount of code you have to write, providing a better overall experience for both the developer and the user.

  这将减少需要使用的技术种类和您必须编写的代码量，从而为开发人员和用户提供更好的整体体验。

• if rising interest rates hurt these economies by much more than those of germany, france and italy, there will be nothing the ecb can do to lessen homebuyers「 misery.

  如果利率上升对爱尔兰和西班牙的打击远甚于德国、法国和意大利，那么欧洲央行对于减轻购房者的痛苦将无计可施。

• they」ve made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.

  他们尽力减小飞机的噪音.

• i long to lessen the evil, but i cannot and i too suffer.

  我想减轻这种罪恶，但我不能。 因此，我非常痛苦。

• only a quarter of vulnerable countries will have the financial resources to lessen the impact of the financial downturn with social safety net or job-creation programs, says the bank.

  世行说，只有四分之一的脆弱国家能够获得财政资源，以通过社会安全网或创造就业岗位的方案减轻金融低迷造成的影响。

• that your love would never lessen and never go?

  你的爱绝不会减少，绝不会溜走？

• counseling or medications may help many of these children, but more might be done to lessen the apparent conflict in the classroom before it escalates.

  心理咨询和药物或许能够帮助一些孩子，但是在那些明显的沖突升级之前减少它们更能起到作用。

• several drugs are used to lessen the severity of the symptoms.

  使用了几种药来减轻癥状。

• what action plan does the family need to use to build more positive experience and lessen the negative?

  家庭需要采用什么行动计划来营造出更多积极的经验而减少消极的经验？

• but experts say that although some complaints such as arthritis, poor eyesight and hearing were unavoidable, regular trips to the doctor and dentist could help lessen the risk of dementia.

  但是专家说，有些癥状例如关节炎、近视和听力问题是不可避免的，定期去看医生和牙医可能有助于减少患老年癡呆癥的风险。

• the plan could lessen the reliance on the mammoth pumps that not only remove storm water but also lower the natural water table of the area.

  设计还可减轻该地区对众多庞大水泵的依赖，因水泵不仅可以抽掉暴风雨水，却也降低了本地区的地下水位。

• the flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.

  人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低.

• you can lessen the probability that your boss will make bad decisions that affect you and increase the probability of your job satisfaction by effectively managing your boss/employee relationship.

  但是你能减少老板对你作出糟糕决策的可能性，并通过有效管理你与老板和同事的关系以增加工作满意度的可能性。

• this fact file describes some of the devastating effects of injuries and violence around the world and prevention methods that can lessen suffering and save lives.

  这份事实档案描述了在全世界范围内伤害和暴力所造成的一些灾难性后果，以及减少痛苦，拯救生命的预防方法。

• the parabola would control air flow in a way that would lessen the shockwave, nasa says.

  nasa表示，这一抛物线设计可以通过控制气流来减少沖击波的产生。

• how is it possible to escape from these prejudices and/or lessen their impact?

  那么又该如何避免这些偏见，或是减轻它们的负面影响呢？

• as banks labor under stricter limitations on how they can lend, they have been looking to trust companies in particular to trim their balance sheets and lessen their regulatory burden.

  由于银行在如何贷款方面有严格的限制，他们已经希望可以给那些努力削减其资产负债表的公司放贷，减轻其监管负担。

• it would also lessen the risk that it tightens prematurely just to demonstrate its resolve.

  这样也会减少仅为彰显其决心就过早的采取从紧措施的风险。

• but i hope that these suggestions will lessen your pain when dark thoughts are all around you.

  但是，我希望我这些建议能够使你减轻当忧郁的想法围绕你的时候的痛苦。

• 「as we get stronger with our own institutions, so we lessen the responsibility of the international community in defending afghanistan and fighting terrorism,」 he said.

  卡尔扎伊说：「随着我们的机构不断加强，我们可以减轻国际社会的责任，保护阿富汗，打击恐怖主义。」

• the sick man had recourse to drugs to lessen his pain.

  病人靠药来减轻痛苦.

• make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.

  要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。

• but slower population growth can not only lessen vulnerability to climate change impacts, it also has the potential to significantly reduce future greenhouse gas emissions.

  但是减缓人口增长不但能减轻气候变化影响的严重性，也具有显着减少未来温室气体排放的潜力。

• this is the first study in humans to explore whether drinking alcohol might lessen the severity of ra, and its results are promising.

  这是人类第一次探索有关饮酒是否会减轻风湿性关节炎病癥的研究，它的结果具有广泛前景。

• doctors used to let blood from people to lessen a fever.

  过去医生以放血来减轻热度.

• the heat will lessen during the evening.

  晚上热气会减弱.

• toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers.

  工具腰带解放了双手，还减少了锤子掉落的风险。

• while few things are more stressful and frustrating than an unplanned outage, there are ways you can lessen the impact.

  尽管计划外停机让人感到压力重重和灰心丧气，但是有一些方法可以减轻这种影响。

相似词

subtract减去；扣掉

decimate大批杀害，大量毁灭；大大削弱，使……严重失效；抽杀……十分之一的人；十中抽一，取十分之一

thin细小部分

awayad 离去，离开；在远处

deduct扣除，减去；演绎

out熄灭的；盛开的；面市的；出局的；不能被接受的；过时的；不準确的；打算做……的；被公开的

take拿，取；采取；接受（礼物等）；买，花费；耗费（时间等）

deplete耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚

bate(Bate) （美、印尼、荷）贝特（人名）

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

mitigate减轻，缓和下来

relax放松；使休息；使松弛；缓和；使松懈

abate减轻；失效

diminish减少，缩小；变小

lower(Lower) （美、英）洛厄（人名）

slacken使缓慢；使松弛

moderate变缓和，变弱

ebb衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

soothe起抚慰作用

quell(Quell)人名；(捷)奎尔；(西)克利

underestimate低估

extenuate减轻（过错等）的程度，使看起来情有可原；（文）使瘦削

allay减轻；使缓和；使平静

modify修改

temper回火；调和

ease减轻，缓解；小心缓缓地移动；使容易；放松；（使）贬值；（股票价格、利率等）下降，下跌

relieve解除，减轻；使不单调乏味；换……的班；解围；使放心

palliate减轻；掩饰；辩解

moderate变缓和，变弱

mollify（使）平静，平息怒气；安抚，抚慰；缓和，减轻

assuage平息；缓和；减轻

appease使平息；使满足；使和缓；对……让步；安抚，安慰；绥靖；缓解（难受的感觉）；姑息

lighten使照亮；使轻松

alleviate减轻，缓和

reduce减少；缩小；归纳为

constrict压缩；束紧

narrow使变狭窄

condense使浓缩；使压缩

clip（塑料或金属的）夹子；回纹针；修剪；剪报

contract收缩，缩短；感染；订约；订（婚）；负（债）；结交

abbreviate使用缩写词

minify使变小；贬低

shrink收缩；畏缩；（非正式）精神病医生，精神病学家，心理学家

truncate（叶、羽毛等）截形的；截短的

shorten缩短；变短

cut缩减的；割下的；雕过的

curtail缩减；剪短；剥夺…特权等

short短；缺乏；短路；短裤

retrench节省；紧缩

pare(Pare)人名；(英)佩尔；(法)帕尔

abridge删节；缩短；节略

dwindle使缩小，使减少

fade使褪色

decline下降；衰落；谢绝

awayad 离去，离开；在远处

waste浪费；变消瘦；挥霍钱财

attenuate减弱的；稀薄的；细小的

wane衰落；变小；亏缺；退潮；消逝

decay衰退，衰减；衰败；腐烂，腐朽

melt使融化；使熔化；使软化；使感动

fail失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退

languish憔悴；凋萎；失去活力；苦思

weaken变弱；畏缩；变软弱

erode侵蚀；受腐蚀

wither(Wither)人名；(英)威瑟

shrivel使枯萎；使皱缩；使束手无策

loosen(Loosen)人名；(德)洛森

subside平息；减弱；沉淀；坐下

minimize最小化

depress压抑；使沮丧；使萧条

taper（使）逐渐变窄；（使）成锥形；逐渐变弱（或减轻）；（中央银行）缩减资产购买

silence沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态

soften减轻；变柔和；变柔软

相反词

raise(Raise) （意、法、英、美）雷兹（人名）

increase增加；增大；提高；增强