abated

英 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

美 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

v.  (使)减弱，减退，减轻，减少
abate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减弱；减轻；减退
  If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
     丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头

双语例句

• The ship sailed when the storm abated.
  这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。
• After the downpour had abated, the soldiers returned to their bonfire to find that three of the dummies had been thoroughly burned, but that of Washington had miraculously survived.
  后来雨势减弱，士兵回到篝火前，只见三个肖像完全烧毁了，但华盛顿的肖像奇般没有被火吞噬。
• In retrospect, he said, he would have taken a much stronger view in the report on the drastic changes that would come about if greenhouse gas emissions were not abated.
  他表示，回想起来，在报告中，他本应对急剧的气候变化持更强烈的观点。如果温室气体的排放没有减少，这些变化就会发生。
• After the rain, the heat abated considerably.
  雨后炎热减退了许多。
• The wind abated.
  风势稍杀。
• The flood subsided ( or abated) a little.
  水势有所减退。
• Their anxiety has not abated as the opening ceremony has drawn closer.
  随着开幕式已经临近，他们的焦虑却未见消减。
• Hopefully, by 2011, acute anxiety about Greek fiscal sustainability will have abated; perhaps, partly due to the ECB's tough love.
  希望到了2011年，对希腊财政可持续性的深切担忧将有所缓解倘若如此，或许在一定程度上要归功于欧洲央行的严是爱。
• During the 1990s, tensions gradually abated.
  在上世纪90年代，紧张局势逐渐缓和。
• Today, the panic has abated, and a more sober cost-benefit analysis is required.
  眼下这种恐慌已经缓解，我们需要进行更冷静的成本效益分析。