minimizes

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

v.  使减少到最低限度; 降低; 贬低; 使显得不重要; (尤指在计算机屏幕上)使最小化
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柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 minimise


• VERB 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
  If youminimizea risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
  1. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...
     相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
  2. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.
     这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
• VERB 对…轻描淡写；使显得不重要
  If youminimizesomething, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
  1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...
     有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
  2. At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.
     接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。
• VERB 把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
  If youminimizea window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
  1. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
     再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。

双语例句

• This not only minimizes purchasing errors but saves your business time and money by significantly reducing product returns.
  这不仅能最大限度减少采购错误，而且由于显著降低了产品退货，因而还能节约业务时间和费用。
• Therefore, the new ETL strategy minimizes server round-, which saves time.
  因此，新的ETL策略减少了服务器的往返，从而节约了时间。
• This minimizes the overhead of creating and destructing agents.
  这样就减少了创建和销毁代理的开销。
• It minimizes the amount of database connections, thus improving overall database performance and throughput.
  减少数据库连接的数量，提高了数据库的整体性能和吞吐量。
• Writing our query in this manner minimizes the amount of data transferred between the database and application server tiers.
  以这种方式编写我们的查询可以最小化数据库和应用程序服务器层之间传输的数据总量。
• This reduces the processing overhead on the LPAR and minimizes the performance impact to the running applications.
  这减小了LPAR上的处理开销，最小化了正在运行的应用程序的性能影响。
• Turning on the Smart Definitions option minimizes download time, installation time, and system start time.
  开启智能定义功能会使下载时间，安装时间和系统启动时间最短化。
• In a large storage area, the use of tunnels and cross aisles reduces travel time and minimizes backtracking.
  在一个大型的存储区域，使用隧道和跨过道减少旅行时间和最大限度地减少回溯。
• The right-hand side of this graph explains how it minimizes WIP while sustaining continuous flow.
  图表右侧说明了如何在维持连续流通的同时，最大限度地减少在制品。
• This new model in control minimizes the network traffic required to transmit data to devices.
  控制上采用这种新的模式可降低将数据传送到设备对网络的要求。