lessening
英 [ˈlesnɪŋ]
美 [ˈlesnɪŋ]
v. (使)变小,变少,减弱,减轻
lessen的现在分词
现在分词:lessening
BNC.23315 / COCA.27733
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)减少;(使)减轻
If somethinglessensor youlessenit, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.- He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注,但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。 - Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
要确保接种最新的疫苗,以降低患上严重疾病的危险。
- He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
英英释义
noun
- a change downward
- there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
- there was a sharp drop-off in sales
双语例句
- The finding could also lead to drugs tailored to attack specific types of cancer, thereby lessening our dependence on tissue-destroying chemotherapy and radiation.
这一发现还能带来专治特定类型癌症的药物,并因此减轻我们对于会破坏组织的化疗和辐射的依赖。 - But why your sudden interest in lessening your salt intake?
但你为什么突然想减少盐的摄取量? - The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
严肃或紧张减少的行为。 - That divergence may be lessening, however.
然而,二者之间的差异可能正在缩小。 - A violation can occur even if there is no lessening of competition between the acquiring and the acquired firm.
即使没有削弱兼并和被兼并厂商之间的竞争,也可能构成触犯法令。 - I would like to advance the following suggestions for lessening air pollution.
对于缓解空气污染,我提出如下的建议。 - Only "changed" information is sent across the network and passed through extensive transformation processes, thus lessening the burden on the network and systems performing manipulation.
仅通过网络发送“更改的”信息,并对其进行进一步的转换处理,从而减少了网络和执行相关操作的系统的负担。 - I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.
我猜想关于这国家,的论证强度没有减少。 - A part of the year marked by a cessation or lessening of normal activity, as of a business.
淡季一年中的一段时间。其显著特点是正常的活动,如商业活动停止或减少了。 - I think this notion that somehow there is any lessening of that special relationship is misguided.
我认为,有关这种特殊关系减弱的提法多少是被误导了。