lessening
present participle oflessen
| 单词 | lessening |
| 释义 | lessening present 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
Examplesoflesseninglessening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Monetary instability waslesseningtowards the restoration of convertibility. From theCambridge English Corpus Thelesseningof weight fluctuations and the containment of chronic thinness, as compared with the 1960s, gave further leverage for cushioning seasonal hunger. From theCambridge English Corpus Additionally, the perception that this was so could lead to a certainlesseningof social cohesion. From theCambridge English Corpus One clear pressure was alesseningof financial support for the mission during the 1880s and 1890s. From theCambridge English Corpus Robust glyptograptid lacking any proximal spines; fully septate with undulating septumlesseningonly slightly distally. From theCambridge English Corpus The whole point of a risk assessment is to seek ways oflesseninga hazard's potential effect. From theCambridge English Corpus Inside algorithm, by cutting the second inside computation, avoids exploring the whole space of choices,lesseningthe search space significantly. From theCambridge English Corpus For this reason, we assign each relation type a level of relevance-maintenance, ranging from 1.0 (nolesseningof relevance) to 0.0 (no preservation of relevance). From theCambridge English Corpus The study also shows alesseningof interand intra-group dialect differences with increased inter-group contact. From theCambridge English Corpus Nor did the year 1800 bring with it anylesseningof interest in caffeine. From theCambridge English Corpus There is some evidence of alesseningof gender association of instrument learning in school. From theCambridge English Corpus Earlier marriage-and somelesseningin the mortality of married persons- would have tended to increase the number of fertile years of married couples. From theCambridge English Corpus This trend waslesseningthe moral content of political debate. From theCambridge English Corpus Management is usually aimed at achieving comfort,lesseningpain, increasing mobility, preventing dependence and reducing the need and demand for other services. From theCambridge English Corpus Other drawbacks are its continuing lack of international political acceptance, its own military limitations and constraints on involvement, and alesseningmanpower pool. 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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