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abating

/uh-beyt/US // əˈbeɪt //UK // (əˈbeɪt) //

缓和,减轻,减缓,缓解

Related Words

slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水recede退缩,退却,后退,消退taper锥度,锥形,锥体,锥形的subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小coast沿海地区,海岸,岸边,沿海quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来allay缓解,安抚,缓和,劝说moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing.

    • : to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax;to abate one's enthusiasm.
    • : Law. to put an end to or suppress.to suspend or extinguish.to annul.
    • : to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
    • : to omit: to abate all mention of names.
    • : to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    a·bat·ed, a·bat·ing.

    • : to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated.The pain in his shoulder finally abated.
    • : Law. to end; become null and void.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verblessen, grow or cause to grow less
Synonyms
decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震recede退缩,退却,后退,消退slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降taper锥度,锥形,锥体,锥形的taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱allay缓解,安抚,缓和,劝说coast沿海地区,海岸,岸边,沿海cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服unlax毫不留情,毫不犹豫地,毫不迟疑,毫不留情地chill out冷静下来,寒心,寒暄,寒意cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来go with the flow随波逐流,顺其自然,顺势而为,顺应潮流hang easy轻松悬挂,悬挂方便,悬挂容易,悬空方便hang loose悬空,悬挂,悬挂式,悬空的lay back躺下,躺下来,躺下了,躺着let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开let it all hang out放任自流,尽情发挥,放任自流吧,尽情发挥吧let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽mellow out醇化,醇化了,醇厚,醇化了的take it easy悠着点,悠着点儿,轻松点,悠着点吧

Examples

  • As we learned more about the coronavirus, and restaurants instituted safety measures, my worry abated.

  • Scott said more restrictions could be on the way if the city’s infection rate does not abate.

  • Scott said more restrictions could be added if the city’s infection rate does not abate.

  • When cases abated, some of those restrictions were eased — and, before too long, Covid-19 cases were spiking again.

  • The city is also issuing bonds to abate property and other taxes over a 20-year term to cover the first $500 million investment by Netflix to build out the production facility.

  • This statement, interpreted by many in the media as a sign that the epidemic is abating, prompts more questions than answers.

  • Even facing such an uncertain future, the refugee crisis shows no sign of abating.

  • Despite an international outcry, there appear to be no signs that a military crackdown on the media is abating.

  • The great fears were chronic, never abating, threatening to wear you down.

  • And with little sign of prices abating, Maker's Mark may be looking for a way to keep their prices down.

  • The furore which the steam-engine has excited and so long maintained in the mechanical world is decidedly abating.

  • Meanwhile, the latter began to show signs of abating energy after twelve hours' work.

  • The fury of the storm was abating and the lightning flashes were becoming less frequent.

  • The fever was abating, still the deft fingers dripping with the water pressed the fevered face.

  • The good woman warmed some soup, and the storm not abating, I lay down to rest—to rest, do I say?'

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