ease up/off
phrasal verbwitheaseverbuk/iːz/us/iːz/
(STOP)
tograduallystoporbecomeless:
逐渐停止;减少,减轻At last therainbegantoeaseoff.最终雨势开始减弱了。
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
(WORK LESS)
tostarttoworkless or do things with lessenergy:
放松;悠着干;变得悠闲As he gotolder, hestartedtoeaseup a little.随着年岁增长,他工作起来就不再那么拼命了。
Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circusesidiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lightensomethingup
- lull
- lullsomeoneintosomething
- makeyourselfat homeidiom
- relaxation
- settle
- shirt
- simmer
- simmer down
- slow down
- slow lane
(TREAT LESS SEVERELY)
tostarttotreatsomeone lessseverely:
不再为难;不再十分苛刻Iwishhissupervisorwouldeaseuponhim abit.我希望他的上司能对他宽厚一些。
Lenient & merciful
- charitable
- charitably
- charity
- clemency
- ease
- easy
- go easyidiom
- have a heart!idiom
- heart
- leniency
- lenient
- magnanimous
- magnanimously
- merciful
- mercy
- quarter
- squishy