abated
英 [əˈbeɪtɪd]
美 [əˈbeɪtɪd]
v. (使)减弱,减退,减轻,减少
abate的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- VERB 减弱;减轻;减退
If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时,暴风雨已经减弱。 - ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头
- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
双语例句
- I abated his cringes, told him I forgave him.
我止住了他那种卑躬屈节的神气,告诉他,我饶恕了他。 - Hopefully, by 2011, acute anxiety about Greek fiscal sustainability will have abated; perhaps, partly due to the ECB's tough love.
希望到了2011年,对希腊财政可持续性的深切担忧将有所缓解倘若如此,或许在一定程度上要归功于欧洲央行的严是爱。 - When I was almost gone and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and by this time the storm was much abated.
当我再也挣扎不下去,快要完蛋时,我觉得水深已经不能灭顶了,这时风暴也大大减弱。 - It was a statement he would regret when the first full flush of his anger had abated.
当他的盛怒平息下来后,他就会为这项声明后悔。 - The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时,暴风雨已经减弱。 - The furyof the storm abated.
暴风雨的威力已经减弱。 - Once again when initial productivity gains had been absorbed, the rate of population growth abated.
一旦最初的生产力增长被吸收殆尽,人口的增长再次衰落。 - As a top priority, the shortages of essential and life-saving medicines needs to be abated without delay.
最优先做到的是,基本药品和救生药品的短缺现象必须毫不拖延地得到缓解。 - During the 1990s, tensions gradually abated.
在上世纪90年代,紧张局势逐渐缓和。 - The ship sailed when the storm abated.
这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。