Abate

[ə'beɪt] or [ə'bet]

解释:

(verb.) become less in amount or intensity; 'The storm abated'; 'The rain let up after a few hours'.

费理斯编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To beat down; to overthrow.

(v. t.) To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.

(v. t.) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

(v. t.) To blunt.

(v. t.) To reduce in estimation; to deprive.

(v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.

(v. t.) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.

(v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.

(v. t.) To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.

(n.) Abatement.

编辑:拉维恩

同义词及近义词:

v. a. [1]. Lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, relax, slacken.[2]. Remit, allow, bate, rebate, deduct.[3]. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate, mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper, attempor, quiet, quell, calm, dull, blunt.[4]. (Law.) Remove, suppress, terminate, put an end to.

v. a. [1]. Decrease, diminish, lessen, subside, wane, ebb, intermit, slacken.[2]. (Law.) Be defeated, frustrated, or overthrown.

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同义词及反义词:

SYN:Terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, diminish, moderate,lessen, subside, decrease

ANT:Prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew,ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance

整理:丽纳

解释:

v.t. to lessen: to deduct (with of): to mitigate: (law) to put an end to do away with as of an action or a nuisance to render null as a writ.—v.i. to grow less.—adjs. Abāt′able capable of being abated; Abāt′ed beaten down or cut away as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief.—n. Abate′ment the act of abating: the sum or quantity abated: (law) the act of intruding on a freehold and taking possession before the heir the abandonment of an action or the reduction of a legacy: (her.) a supposed mark of dishonour on a coat of arms—apparently never actually used.—Abated arms those whose edges have been blunted for the tournament.

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整理:朱莉安娜

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