abate
美[ə'beɪt] 英[ə'beɪt]
v. 缓和;减弱;消除
详细释义
v.(动词)- 减少,减轻,减退,减弱
- 消除,除掉,排除(障碍)
- 缓和,平息
- 降低
- 减(价),对(价格)打折扣
- 【律】中止,作废,取消(法令),撤销,废除
- 夺去
- 减去,省略
- 扣除,使减少
- 被废除,被撤销
- 失效,作废
n.(名词)- 减少,减轻
- 折扣
- 废除,中止
- 意大利男修道院院长
英英释义
Verb- make less active or intense
- become less in amount or intensity;
"The storm abated" "The rain let up after a few hours"
例句
用作动词(v.)- Nothing could abate his rage.什么都不能平息他的愤怒。
- She is trying to abate the tension between her parents.她试着缓和她父母的紧张关系。
- The ship sailed when the storm abated.这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。
- Nothing can abate the force of that argument.什么也不能减弱那场辩论的影响力。
- We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities.我们必须消除大城市里烟尘污染。