diminish

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v. (使)减少, (使)变小

发音

US /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/

词形变化

diminished diminishes 三单 diminishes diminisheth diminishing diminisht diminishing 现在分词 diminished 过去式 diminished 过去分词

别名

deminish

教材释义与例句

动词

使减少；使变小

动词

减少，缩小；变小

释义与例句

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To make smaller.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To become less or smaller.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).

    及物

    1639, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197, […] this doth nothing diminish their opinion.

  5. 5.

    To taper.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To disappear gradually.

    不及物
  7. 7.

    To take away; to subtract.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

fall decrease lessen belittle

上位词 3

decrease lessen minify

下位词 10

break fly slow contract flag concentrate shrink reduce vanish slack

词源

Formed under the influence of both diminue (from Old French diminuer, from Latin dīminuo) and minish.

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