Decrease
[dɪ'kriːs] or [dɪ'kris]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of decreasing or reducing something.
(noun.) the amount by which something decreases.
(noun.) a change downward; 'there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided'; 'there was a sharp drop-off in sales'.
(noun.) a process of becoming smaller or shorter.
(verb.) decrease in size, extent, or range; 'The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester'; 'The cabin pressure fell dramatically'; 'her weight fell to under a hundred pounds'; 'his voice fell to a whisper'.
(verb.) make smaller; 'He decreased his staff'.
克莱奥校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
(v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
(v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
(v.) The wane of the moon.
整理:桑娅
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. Diminish (gradually), lessen, grow less.
v. a. Diminish, lessen, make less.
n. Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction.
校對:蒂米
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Diminish, lessen, subside, abate, lower, decline, retrench, curtail, reduce,wane
ANT:Increase, grow, amplify, expand, augment, extend, enlarge
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解釋/意思:
v.i. to become less: to be diminished by degrees in size or power.—v.t. to make less: to lessen gradually.—n. a growing less: loss.—adv. Decreas′ingly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Only those who know of the suffering endured in former times can fully appreciate the decrease in pain brought about by the proper use of narcotics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This heavy oil engine, weighing about five hundred pounds per horse-power, was not adapted to the submarine, and efforts have been made to decrease the weight. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Not only was her agriculture thereby threatened with a great decrease in crop production but her supply of military explosives was also threatened. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Will Inventions Continue to Increase or Decrease. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- In tea and distilled spirits there has been a decrease, while the consumption of wines is the smallest of all and has varied but little. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He alleges a visible decrease of the human species which has never been made good in some of the fairest countries of the globe. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Grounds of the suspicion that the Value of Silver still continues to decrease. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The yield from both sources has considerably decreased. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- To these inventions might be added many others which have increased the efficiency and production of the business world and have decreased the labor and strain of domestic life. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Their happiness was not decreased by the absence of summer. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The usual practice in forging is to continue it until the ingot is decreased to one-half its original thickness and is within two inches of the desired diameter of the finished work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Agriculture must have declined, and the population notably decreased through the plagues and distresses from which it had suffered. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Decreased Cost of Electricity. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- But all this while, the cost of electricity has steadily decreased. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- One light-measuring scale depends upon the law that the intensity of illumination decreases with the square of the distance of the object from the light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- That is what happens when you telephone, but when you realize it the mystery gains rather than decreases. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The pressure at an outlet decreases as the level of the water supply sinks. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The power of adjustment in general decreases with age. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- As the distance decreases the echo repeats fewer syllables till it becomes monosyllabic. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As the pressure on the gas increases, its volume decreases. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Later, in Section 288, we learned that the strength of the current decreases as the resistance in circuit increases. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The instruments show a rapidly decreasing air pressure on all parts of Barsoom--the engine has stopped. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- One great factor in this change has been the decreasing cost of electricity. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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