abate
英 [əˈbeɪt]
美 [əˈbeɪt]
v. (使)减弱，减退，减轻，减少
过去分词：abated 现在分词：abating 过去式：abated 第三人称单数：abates
Collins.1 / BNC.13783 / COCA.13243
牛津词典
verb
- （使）减弱，减退，减轻，减少
to become less strong; to make sth less strong- The storm showed no signs of abating.
暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。 - Steps are to be taken to abate pollution.
应该采取措施减少污染。
- The storm showed no signs of abating.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 减弱；减轻；减退
If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 - ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头
- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
英英释义
verb
- become less in amount or intensity
- The storm abated
- The rain let up after a few hours
- make less active or intense
双语例句
- These headwinds are now beginning to abate but it may be another four years before they fully subside.
目前逆风正开始减弱，但完全平息下来可能还需要4年时间。 - To become less violent, severe, or extreme; abate.
变缓和变得较不激烈、不剧烈或不极端；缓和。 - We must abate the smoke nuisance in the big cities.
我们必须消除大城市里的烟尘污染。 - Not that they feel it so, but only to abate the edge of envy.
其实他们并非真那样感觉，而只是想减轻别人的嫉妒而已。 - We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。 - We must abate the noise on the campus.
我们必须消除校园里的噪音干扰。 - Acupuncture can abate the hydrops of the injuried sciatic nerve trunks, protect PN and prevent retrograde degeneration.
针刺能减轻坐骨神经干损伤后的水肿，保护周围神经，阻止逆行变性。 - The industry should use the best practicable methods to abate pollution.
产业界应该用最为切实可行的好办法减少污染。 - The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the pain.
那医生给他一些药以减轻痛苦。 - I think this trend will abate in 2014, and the BRICs will once again capture some positive headlines.
我认为，这种趋势在2014年将淡化，而金砖四国将再次传出一些积极的消息。