Diminish

[dɪ'mɪnɪʃ]

解释:

(verb.) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; 'don't belittle your colleagues'.

杰罗姆录入--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

(v. t.) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.

(v. t.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.

(v. t.) To take away; to subtract.

(v. i.) To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.

整理:肯尼思

同义词及近义词:

v. a. Lessen, decrease, abate, reduce, make smaller.

v. n. Decrease, lessen, abate, subside, grow or become less, be reduced.

手打:罗莎琳德

同义词及反义词:

SYN:Lessen, reduce, contract, curtail, dwarf, decrease, subside, shorten, abate,retrench

ANT:Increase, enlarge, expand, extend, amplify, magnify

编辑:奥马尔

解释:

v.t. to make less: to take a part from: to degrade.—v.i. to grow or appear less: to subside.—adj. Dimin′ishable.—p.adj. Dimin′ished made smaller humbled: (mus.) lessened by a half-step as an interval.—adv. Dimin′ishingly.

录入:赛斯

例句:

校对:普拉特

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