abate
英 [əˈbeɪt]
美 [əˈbeɪt]
v. (使)减弱，减退，减轻，减少
过去分词：abated 现在分词：abating 过去式：abated 第三人称单数：abates
Collins.1 / BNC.13783 / COCA.13243
牛津词典
verb
- （使）减弱，减退，减轻，减少
to become less strong; to make sth less strong- The storm showed no signs of abating.
暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。 - Steps are to be taken to abate pollution.
应该采取措施减少污染。
- The storm showed no signs of abating.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 减弱；减轻；减退
If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 - ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头
- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
英英释义
verb
- become less in amount or intensity
- The storm abated
- The rain let up after a few hours
- make less active or intense
双语例句
- Mr White will abate part of the price if you ask him to.
如果你请求，怀特先生将减少一部分的价格（他会给你价格上的折扣）。 - Now I have grown up and I hope that I will abate some burden for my parents, especially the economic burden.
我现在长大了，也希望替父母减轻一些至少是经济上的负担。 - We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。 - The grief will not abate soon, but this is not the only difficulty in the time ahead.
悲伤不会很快消散，但这并非未来面临的唯一困难。 - The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the pain.
那医生给他一些药以减轻痛苦。 - We must abate the smoke nuisance in the big cities.
我们必须消除大城市里的烟尘污染。 - The I/ O of controller abate.
控制器上的对应输入或输出点失效。 - The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 - I think this trend will abate in 2014, and the BRICs will once again capture some positive headlines.
我认为，这种趋势在2014年将淡化，而金砖四国将再次传出一些积极的消息。 - Nothing can abate the force of that argument.
什么也不能减弱那崇论的影响力。