英语释义

• a change downward;

  "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"

  "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

片语

loss(Loss)人名；(匈)洛什；(法、德、意)洛斯

risk lessening风险减缓

mitigation减轻；缓和；平静

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

reduction减少；下降；缩小；还原反应

lessening strategies减轻策略

image lessening图像缩小

lessening knowledge淡化知识

lessening asthma平喘

decreasing减少；缩减（decrease 的现在分词）

lessening measures减缓措施

reducing减少，降低；使（液体）变稠（reduce 的现在分词）

area lessening面积萎缩

lessening fear逐渐减轻的忧虑或害怕

英汉例句

• Forgiveness actually has a physical affect on the body, such as lowering blood pressure and heart rate, and lessening symptoms of depression.

  实际上宽恕还是一种人体的生理反应，例如降低血压和心率，减轻忧虑的情绪。

• They showed that the mutation definitely reduces the number of malaria-causing Plasmodium vivax parasites, lessening the severity of the disease.

  他们发现，这种变异致病基因显着减少了疟原虫感染病例的数量，并有效缓解了疟疾病患的病情。

• An important way to reduce NCDs is to focus on lessening the risk factors associated with these diseases.

  减少非传染性疾病的一个重要方式就是将重点放在减少与这些疾病有关的危险因素方面。

• If rapid growth means that China and India are importing more oil, they are probably importing larger amounts of other things as well, lessening the pain for slower-growing consumers of oil.

  如果快速增长意味着中国和印度正在进口更多的石油，他们也可能正在进口更多的其他东西，这使收入增长较慢的石油消费者不用那么忧虑。

• Eighteen months ago, when Apple added scratch-resistant screens, thereby lessening the need for a protective case, Feller responded by offering anti-glare screens.

  18个月前，苹果增加了防刮屏幕，从而使用户减少了对保护膜的需要。

• Only 「changed」 information is sent across the network and passed through extensive transformation processes, thus lessening the burden on the network and systems performing manipulation.

  仅通过网络发送「更改的」信息，并对其进行进一步的转换处理，从而减少了网络和执行相关操作的系统的负担。

• The first time he「d returned here, two years earlier, he」d felt a sudden coolness, a slight lessening of light, as if a cloud had passed over the sun.

  两年前他第一次回到这里的时候，他突然感到一阵凉爽，光线减弱了一点点，好像云彩遮住了太阳。

• DHEA and NPY should not turn soldiers into cold-blooded killing machines, however, as they don「t work by lessening emotional responses to disturbing situations.

  然而，DHEA和NPY不会使士兵变成冷血的杀人机器，因为它们并不会削弱对不安情景的感情反应。

• The NYISO paper says that if the PHEVs are recharged overnight, they can run on wind power, lessening the need for increased generation from fossil fuel power plants.

  NYISO报告则认为如果插入式混合动力在夜间充电，则可通过风能发电来减少石化发电增容的需要。

• Eventually this results in a lessening of income inequalities because the new middle class sits somewhere between the rich elite and the rural poor.

  最终，因为新兴中产阶级位于富裕精英阶层和农村贫穷人口的某个中间位置，这也导致了收入不平等的减少。

• These are valuable in lessening symptoms and leading a more comfortable life, but they can be addictive.

  这些都是宝贵的减轻癥状和领导一个更加舒适的生活，但它们是可以上瘾。

• Moreover, these costs should be set against the benefits of lessening the risk of crises that would inflict catastrophic losses.

  此外，这些开支应该与减少带来灾难性危机风险的利益相平衡。

• Much is made of lessening class allegiance in voting since the war; of all social groups, the middle class has proved most volatile, and most likely to shop around for its politicians.

  二战后，很多措施被提出，来减少选举时的阶层拥护；在所有社会群组中，中产阶层被证明是最易动摇的，也是最愿意寻找他们自己的政治家的。

• They increase the amount of the sun」s rays reflected away from the sea, reducing the amount of algae and therefore lessening the water「s greenish hue.

  气溶胶云层增加了海平面反射的太阳光线，让藻类无法大量繁殖，从而让海水看起来不那么绿。

• In Dutch hospitals, compulsory insurance covers even the most expensive treatments, lessening such fears.

  在荷兰的医院，强迫的医疗保险连最贵的治疗方式都包括，减少那种的担心。

• Another is to shape the vessel」s stern in a way that stops air being sucked into the propeller, where it would reduce thrust by lessening the propeller「s grip on the water.

  另一种方法是改变船尾的形状以阻止船底的气泡被吸入推进器，因为气泡会减少推进器与水之间的摩擦从而降低推进力。

• It also has the potential to affect the economics and usage of home computers, lessening consumers」 need to buy big hard drives to store and back up all of their files, for example.

  该项服务还可能影响家用电脑的支出和使用，比如说，用户可能不再需要购买大容量硬盘来存储和备份所有文件。

• I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.

  我猜想关于这国家，的论证强度没有减少。

• 「That may drop to 60 or 70 gigawatts now, after Japan, and any lessening is a good thing,」 Mr. Tu said.

  涂先生说“在日本核电事故后，这一目标也许会降到600亿或700亿瓦核电容量，减少核电容量是件好事。

• Prices at the wholesale level rose 0.2 percent last month, the Labor Department said, lessening worries about deflation.

  美国劳工部公布，上个月批发价格增长0.2%，减轻了对通货紧缩的担忧情绪。

• Sedimented institutions worsen the bias by lessening choice, interest, and participation.

  通过减少人们的选择权、利益和参与，陈腐的制度让这一倾向更加恶化。

• My conclusion is that QE2 may be a short-term expansionary force, thereby lessening concerns about deflation.

  我的结论就是QE2可能产生短期扩张性效果，因此减少对通货紧缩的担心。

相似词

abate减轻；失效

de-escalate逐步降级

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

dent凹痕；削弱；减少

deplete耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚

diminish减少，缩小；变小

downscalead 面向低收入消费者地

downsize以较小尺寸设计；缩小尺寸；裁减人数

drop滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

dwindle使缩小，使减少

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

knock down击倒；拆卸

lower(Lower) （美、英）洛厄（人名）

reduce减少；缩小；归纳为

相反词

aggrandize增加；夸大；强化

amplify详述

augment增加；增大

boost促进；增加；支援

enlarge扩大；使增大；扩展

escalate逐步增强；逐步升高；使……加剧，加剧；使逐步上升；升级，（使）恶化；（使）升高，（使）增加；迅速增加，迅速增长；（使）增强，（使）变得严重

expand发展；张开，展开

increase增加；增大；提高；增强

raise(Raise) （意、法、英、美）雷兹（人名）