Diminution
[,dɪmɪ'njuːʃ(ə)n] or ['dɪmə'nʊʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original).
克利夫顿錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of diminishing, or of making or becoming less; state of being diminished; reduction in size, quantity, or degree; -- opposed to augmentation or increase.
(n.) The act of lessening dignity or consideration, or the state of being deprived of dignity; a lowering in estimation; degradation; abasement.
(n.) Omission, inaccuracy, or defect in a record.
(n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself.
伯特兰校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Decrease, lessening, decrement, reduction, abatement.
手打:特雷弗
解釋/意思:
n. a lessening: degradation.—adj. Dimin′utive of a diminished size: small: contracted.—n. (gram.) a word formed from another to express a little one of the kind.—adv. Dimin′utively.—n. Dimin′utiveness.
整理:李奥娜
例句/造句/用法:
- But the money which, by this annual diminution of produce, is annually thrown out of domestic circulation, will not be allowed to lie idle. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It was a melancholy reflection; and in spite of the diminution of evil produced, it struck on the heart as a wretched mockery. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- If the shell hits anything, then that further destruction has to be added to the diminution of consumable goods. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- When the diminution of revenue is the effect of the diminution of consumption, there can be but one remedy, and that is the lowering of the tax. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The element yields spontaneously radium emanation without any apparent diminution of its own mass. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- No art or trade could be founded on it; no diminution of daily work or increase of daily comfort could be secured with it. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The first of these causes is no doubt necessarily connected with the diminution of the value of the precious metals; but the second is not. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thirdly, This very circumstance of the diminution of sympathy by the separation of relations is worthy of our attention. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- By this diminution I destroy the future prospect, which is necessary to interest me perfectly in the fortune of another. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- But there will be no diminution of adventure or romance in this world of the days to come. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Doubtless the leaves of the Cumaean Sibyl have suffered distortion and diminution of interest and excellence in my hands. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The landlord gains both ways; by the increase of the produce, and by the diminution of the labour which must be maintained out of it. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- T ry a concave glass with the sun's rays to see whether a diminution of heat results. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Their first subject was the diminution of the Rosings party. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- As they descend they also experience a gradual diminution from the action of the sun and rain, and from the heat of the earth. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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