abate

英[ə'beɪt] 美[ə'beɪt]
  • v. 缓和;减弱;消除
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星级词汇:
  • abac n.座标网(列线图)
    v. (动词)
    1. 减少,减轻,减退,减弱
    2. 消除,除掉,排除(障碍)
    3. 缓和,平息
    4. 降低
    5. 减(价),对(价格)打折扣
    6. 【律】中止,作废,取消(法令),撤销,废除
    7. 夺去
    8. 减去,省略
    9. 扣除,使减少
    10. 被废除,被撤销
    11. 失效,作废
    n. (名词)
    1. 减少,减轻
    2. 折扣
    3. 废除,中止
    4. 意大利男修道院院长

英英释义

Verb:
  1. make less active or intense

  2. become less in amount or intensity;

    "The storm abated"
    "The rain let up after a few hours"

1. We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛.

来自《用法词典》

3. The storm began to abate slightly.
风暴开始稍有所减弱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.
但关于产业工会的争执并未平息下来.

来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

5. We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.
我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Nothing could abate his rage.
      什么都不能平息他的愤怒。
    2. She is trying to abate the tension between her parents.
      她试着缓和她父母的紧张关系。
    3. The ship sailed when the storm abated.
      这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。
    4. Nothing can abate the force of that argument.
      什么也不能减弱那场辩论的影响力。
    5. We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities.
      我们必须消除大城市里烟尘污染。