diminish

美音：[diˈminiʃ] 英音：[dɪ'mɪnɪʃ]

简单释义：

v.减少；削弱；减小；贬低

网络缩小；递减；下降

变形：

过去式：diminished 现在分词：diminishing 第三人称单数：diminishes

完整释义：

1.减少,下降,减轻,缩小,缩短
2.(使...)减少,减小,消减,减轻
3.减弱,削弱;贬低
4.【建】使成尖顶,收尖
5.【乐】减半音

例句：

Those readings put him in touch with the traditions that don't sugarcoat death, that don't diminish pain and loss and horror.
这些书籍告诉他，我们不必粉饰死亡，不必回避痛苦、损失和恐惧。
Absence diminish little passion and Increase great one , just as the wind blow out a candle and fan a fire .
离别能使浅薄的感情削弱，但却会使深挚的感情更加深厚。正如风之能吹灭烛火而却会把火煽得更旺。
A few blemishes prove that this planned trilogy still has potential for growth, but they barely diminish the game's overall impact.
一些瑕疵，证明这个计划三部曲还有很大的成长潜力，但他们几乎没有减少游戏的整体影响。
Conversely, Palin's decision could diminish a selling point -- the fact that she has executive experience and knows how to run a state.
相反，佩林的决定可能削弱了一个事实卖点，即，她有执政经验，知道如何治理国家。
If capital becomes less scarce, the excess yield will diminish, without its having become less productive--at least in the physical sense.
如果资本的稀缺性变得较少，超额收益就会减少，而它的生产性并没有减少——至少在实物意义上是如此。
But the cessation of his hostility for Pen did not diminish Huxter's attentions to Fanny .
但是对小潘的仇视的消释，并没有减少赫克斯特对芬妮的关心。
She understood, early on, that she needed to diminish her own sense of importance so the needs of her younger siblings could be met.
她很早就了解到她需要打消自身的重要感，这样就可以满足她弟妹的需求。
Erode : To cause to diminish , deteriorate, or disappear as if by eating into or wearing away.
侵蚀掉，腐蚀掉：象磨蚀、侵蚀那样使…减少、减弱或消失。

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