Abatement
[ə'beɪtm(ə)nt] or [ə'betmənt]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.
(n.) The amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed.
(n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.
(n.) The entry of a stranger, without right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee.
錄入:西德尼
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Diminution, decrease, lessening, mitigation, assuagement, decrement, extenuation, remission.[2]. Subsidence, wane, ebb.[3]. Discount, allowance, rebate, deduction, reduction, drawback.
編輯:厄休拉
例句/造句/用法:
- The next morning produced no abatement in these happy symptoms. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- True says the proverb, said Wamba, interposing his word, but with some abatement of his usual petulance,-- 'When the cat is away, The mice will play. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He refuses to make any abatement, because his threat is, that if he fails with me, he will come to you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It might be of importance, however, that the abatement of the tax should encourage him to cultivate to a certain extent only. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Still, there was no abatement in the storm, but it blew harder. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I no sooner perceived an abatement of the flames than, hurried on by an irresistible impulse, I endeavoured to penetrate the town. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The morrow produced no abatement of Mrs. Bennet's ill-humour or ill health. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
手打:洛雷塔