lessened
past simple and past participle oflessen
| 单词 | lessened |
| 释义 | lessened past simple and past participle oflessen lessen verb[IorT] uk/ˈles.ən/us/ˈles.ən/C1 If something lessens or is lessened, itbecomeslessstrong: Ahealthydietcan lessen theriskofheartdisease. to decrease
Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesoflessenedlessened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This in turn could have made possible some containment of the discontent and given some hope to the people which might havelessenedtheir anger. From theCambridge English Corpus Many exclusivists are epistemically impoverished, and thus the epistemic status of their exclusive beliefs may well belessenedor defeated by religious diversity. From theCambridge English Corpus The adoption of neo-liberal economic policies haslessenedthe importance of central bank independence for fighting inflation. From theCambridge English Corpus Welessenedthe potential effects of local interference caused by supplementations by sampling squares in which no recent supplementation was carried out. From theCambridge English Corpus Its value has however been considerablylessenedby the publisher's disgraceful failure to provide an index. From theCambridge English Corpus The inconvenience to the patient increases with increasing waiting and traveling times and islessenedif an office lab is used. From theCambridge English Corpus This freedom may have resulted in alessenedcognitive load and may have contributed to the superior performance of participants in this group. From theCambridge English Corpus The signs of the effects were the same for uxorilocally married men, although the statistical significancelessened. From theCambridge English Corpus The control of the traditional social organizationslessened. From theCambridge English Corpus In order to feed the soul the intake of bodily food has to belessened. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, the impact of insecticide must belessenedby invasion and increased by time. From theCambridge English Corpus This should havelessenedthe impact of the aforementioned publication bias, because significant findings relevant to the other issues could foster publication. From theCambridge English Corpus We believe that these managements will improve the cellular response to profound hypothermia withlessenedor arrested perfusion, and will diminish postoperative neurological sequels. From theCambridge English Corpus Both confederations insist that they use their right to strike with success at times, but acknowledge that the market economy haslessenedtheir influence. From theCambridge English Corpus They are more likely to adhere to treatment, and anxiety islessened. 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. |
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