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单词 decrease
释义
decrease
verb[IorT]
uk
/dɪˈkriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
B1
tobecomeless, or to make somethingbecomeless:
（使）减少；（使）下降；（使）降低
Ourshareof themarkethas decreasedsharplythisyear.今年我们的市场份额急剧下降。
We have decreasedourinvolvementin children'sbooks.我们减少了在儿童读物方面的投入。
Opposite
increase
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.
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More examples
  • During the 1980s, theamountofozonein thestratosphereaboveEuropedecreased by about 8%.
  • Totalunemploymenthas decreased in the pastyear.
  • Thepopstar'spopularitydecreased as he gotolder, which is only to beexpected.
  • Thegovernmentproposeddecreasing theannualexpenditureonarms.
  • To make thesleevegetnarrowertoward thecuff, yougraduallydecrease thenumberofstitchesonyourneedle.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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decrease
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈdiː.kriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
B1
areduction:
减少；下降；降低
There has been asteadydecreaseinthenumberofvisitors.来访者数量持续减少。
I haven'tnoticedmuch decreaseininterest.我并未发现人们的兴趣有大幅下降的趋势。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the fact of getting smaller or becoming less
  • decreaseThere has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
  • fallA fall in the price of petrol is unlikely.
  • fall-offThere's been a sharp fall-off in demand for the product since the company's scandal broke.
  • falling-offThere has been a slight falling-off in public sector employment growth.
  • riseThere has been a sharp rise in home sales this month.
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More examples
  • There was aslightdecrease in hisweightafter aweekofdieting.
  • Any decrease intourismcould have aseriouseffecton thelocaleconomy.
  • The report'sfindingon the decrease inviolentcrimesupportsthepolicechief'sclaims.
  • We haveseenamarkeddecrease in thenumberofaccidentssince thesesafetymeasureswereintroduced.
  • We'venoticedasteadydecrease injobsavailablefor newgraduatesin theindustry.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
See more results »
(Definition ofdecreasefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

decrease| American Dictionary

decrease
verb[I/T]
us
/dɪˈkris,ˈdi·kris/
tobecomesmalleror make something less:
[I]Carsalesdecreasedsharplythisyear.

decrease

noun[C]us
/ˈdi·kris,dɪˈkris/
I haven’tnoticedany decrease inticketsales.
(Definition ofdecreasefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

decrease| Business English

decrease
verb[IorT]
uk
/dɪˈkriːs/us
tobecomeless, or to make somethingbecomeless:
decrease in value/price/amountWhen aninvestmentincreasesor decreases invaluebut we do notsellit, werecordan unrealizedgainorloss.
decrease by 10%/10 points, etc.The country'stotalexportsdecreased by 6% in 2009.
Thecompanyhasintroducedvariousstrategiesto decreaseproductioncosts.
decreasesignificantly/dramatically/rapidly
decreasegradually/slightly/slowly
decrease
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈdiːkriːs/us
theprocessof somethingbecomingless, or theamountby which somethingbecomesless:
Florida is not the onlystatetoexperiencedecreases inrevenues.
a decrease of 10%/10 points, etc.Sales were $640 million for thequarter, a decrease of 11%.
amarked/significant/dramaticdecrease
aslight/gradual/steadydecrease
(Definition ofdecreasefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecrease

decrease
Concurrent with habitat loss is the decreasing numbers of wild animals, particularly carnivores, in many countries.
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However, these markets appear to have followed the larger trend towards consolidation, with total market numbers decreasing.
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Transitions that occur while is increasing yield the trans product ; those that occur while is decreasing, the cis product.
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The working time for the pollution reports has decreased since its introduction.
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Changes to public health nursing services may be related to the decreases in population to physician ratios.
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Finally, we also observe that the electron temperature at breakdown decreases as the second ionization coefficient and the cathode increases.
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We also note from (14) that the electron temperature at breakdown decreases as the parameter pd associated with gas pressure and system dimension increases.
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Rapidly decreasing separation between adjacent bifurcation points did not allow the identification of higher periodicities.
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As 2 decreases, the amplitude of the soliton is enhanced.
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If p c, the spectrum shape has a falling form : the first harmonic is maximum, then the amplitude decreases as n increases.
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They found that the amplitude of the dust-acoustic soliton structures decreases significantly with an increase in the dust streaming velocity.
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In opening up the torus, the non-circularity of the cross section is assumed small and decreasing to zero with increasing diameter of the torus.
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As f falls below unity p0 /f 2 increases and 0 f decreases.
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The amplitude of these wave packets is also determined by initial conditions, and decreases with (38b).
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However, for higher-order radial modes it falls off as the overlap of the interacting wave functions decreases.
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Collocationswithdecrease

decrease

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corresponding decrease
As a result, for two-way coupling we observe a slight increase in particle concentration in the core, with acorrespondingdecreasein the braids.
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dramatic decrease
There is evidence of an almost complete abandonment of urban construction and adramaticdecreasein population during that time.
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drastic decrease
In healthy women, circulating ghrelin exhibited a drastic decrease after the food intake whereas, in bulimic patients, this response was significantly blunted.
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