diminishes

英 [dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪz]

美 [dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪz]

v.  减少; (使)减弱，缩减; 降低; 贬低; 贬损; 轻视
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柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）减小;（使）减弱;（使）降低
  When somethingdiminishes, or when somethingdiminishesit, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
  1. The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
     核战争的威胁已经减小了。
  2. Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state...
     联邦制旨在削弱中央政府的权力。
  3. Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources...
     由于资源的减少，大学正面临严峻的问题。
  4. This could mean diminished public support for the war.
     这可能意味着公众对战争的支持会有所下降。
• VERB 贬低;轻视
  If youdiminishsomeone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
  1. He never put her down or diminished her...
     他从未奚落或贬低过她。
  2. He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.
     他再也无法承受，他依赖我，却因此觉得是受了轻贱。

双语例句

• Possession diminishes perception of value, immediately.
  占有会立刻减消对价值之感知。
• He has found a new job, but the income diminishes.
  他已经找到了一份新工作，不过收入变少了。
• A waterfall in the Zambezi River on the Zimbabwe-Zambia border; diminishes seasonally.
  赞比西河位于津巴布韦和赞比亚边界上的一个瀑布；季节性的减少。
• This diminishes the need to do major code refactoring and clean-up in future releases.
  这消除了在未来的版本中执行重大的代码重构和清理的需求。
• Their appetite for real-life sex diminishes or becomes deviant.
  他们对现实的性的需要减少或变得异常。
• This is terrible for our productivity because email diminishes peak performance and disrupts our work flow.
  对于我们的工作效率来说，这非常糟糕，因为电子邮件会干扰最佳状态，破坏我们的工作流。
• But to attribute my affinity for running solely to chemistry diminishes the personal importance that running has for me.
  但是，仅仅把我对跑步的爱好归结于化学反应是降低了跑步对我个人的重要性。
• Their need for medications diminishes, and some may not need medications at all.
  他们对药物的需要减少，有些人可能根本不需要药物。
• Again, besides being immoral, this violation of justice diminishes a company's long-term growth and sustained productivity.
  这种行为不仅是不道德的，而且有失公正，会阻碍一家公司长期的发展并影响其可持续的生产率。
• As Presence arises, gradually karma diminishes and you will experience a fading out of those patterns.
  随着临在的升起，慢慢地业力渐渐削弱，你会感到自己逐步地从这些模式里退出。