英语单词短语词组“lessen”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

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单词	lessen
释义	lessen verb[IorT] uk /ˈles.ən/us /ˈles.ən/ C1 If something lessens or is lessened, itbecomeslessstrong: 减少，降低，减轻 Ahealthydietcan lessen theriskofheartdisease.健康饮食能降低患心脏病的危险。 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples to become smaller or less decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment. lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease. lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join. reduceThey've just reduced the price. bring downThey are bringing down their prices. dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement. See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation boil damp falling falling-off foreshorten foreshortened go through the flooridiom haircut runsomeone/somethingdown rundown sag salami slicing scalesomethingdown shave telescope See more results » (Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) lessen\| American Dictionary lessen verb[I/T] us /ˈles·ən/ tobecomeor make somethingsmallerinamountordegree: [T]Keepingyourweightdown can lessen theriskofheartdisease. (Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) lessen\| Business English lessen verb[IorT] uk /ˈlesən/us to make somethingsmaller, lessnoticeable, etc., or tobecomesmaller, lessnoticeable, etc.: Corporateexecutivesarekeentoembrace"greentechnology" inordertolessentheirdependenceonfossilfuels. Increasingsecurityproceduresis the only way tolessen therisksofairtravel. lessen the impact/importance/influence (of sth)Expertsarguethat acarbontaxwould lessen theinfluenceof special-interestgroupsin theclimatechangedebate. (Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press) Examplesoflessen lessen We should all do our best tolessenpoverty and suffering and make the world a more equal place. From theCambridge English Corpus Then, a new structure was conceived in order tolessenthe disadvantages of the earlier structure. From theCambridge English Corpus These arguments do notlessenthe responsibility of donors and lenders. From theCambridge English Corpus If you could make perfect copies of me, the existence of the replicas would destroy my uniqueness without lessening my worth or value. From theCambridge English Corpus Monetary instability was lessening towards the restoration of convertibility. From theCambridge English Corpus However, some children may exhibit a stronger motivational system that helps themlessentheir negative reactivity to novelty. From theCambridge English Corpus This in turn could have made possible some containment of the discontent and given some hope to the people which might have lessened their anger. From theCambridge English Corpus Increased infrastructural supply lessens the environmental costs of consumption, and, the other way round, increased consumption increases the marginal benefit of pollution-reducing infrastructure. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, we only excluded juvenile snails from the analysis tolessenthe effects of the dynamics or local heterogeneity of host population on parasite prevalence. From theCambridge English Corpus Those who wanted instructions followed strictly placed this limitation tolessenpotential burden and possible guilt on the part of the selected proxy. From theCambridge English Corpus Many exclusivists are epistemically impoverished, and thus the epistemic status of their exclusive beliefs may well be lessened or defeated by religious diversity. From theCambridge English Corpus The objective was tolessensuperficial support for democracy by also asking about autocratic regimes. From theCambridge English Corpus The absence of these risk factors is expected tolessenthe chances of severe conflict. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet the very thoroughness and meticulousness of this data-based approach maylessenthe book's chances of appeal to a wider audience. From theCambridge English Corpus The adoption of neo-liberal economic policies has lessened the importance of central bank independence for fighting inflation. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/lessen##
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