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decreasing

/dih-kree-sing/US // dɪˈkri sɪŋ //

减少,逐渐减少,递减,越来越少

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
    • : Mathematics. having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is less than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nonincreasing.Compare increasing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbgrow less or make less
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降depreciate贬值,贬低,折旧,贬值的deteriorate恶化,变质,衰败,变差diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴drop off辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fall off脱落,脱掉,脱离,掉下来lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低lower较低的,较低,低层,低级reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的slash斜线,斜杠,斜线式,斜杠杠的slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了check检查,检查一下contract合同,签约,契约,契约书crumble碎裂,弄碎,崩坏,崩解decay腐烂,衰变,衰落,衰减degenerate堕落的,堕落,堕落的人,蜕变的devaluate贬值,贬低,价值贬低,价值贬低的droop垂头丧气,耷拉着脑袋,垂头丧气的,下垂evaporate挥发,蒸发,挥发掉,蒸发掉fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的lighten减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱modify修改,更改,改动,改装quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户shrivel萎缩,起皱纹,缩水,萎靡不振waste浪费,废物,废弃物,废弃wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩calm down冷静下来,平静下来,淡定,镇定下来die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽lose edge边缘化,失落的边缘,失落,边缘narrow down收窄,缩小,缩小范围,收紧peter out熄灭,淘汰,灭亡,熄火run low低速运行,低运行,低价运行,低速运转slack off松懈,松懈怠慢,懈怠,偷懒slow down减缓,慢下来,减慢,减慢速度tail off掉尾巴,甩尾,甩掉尾巴wear away消磨掉,磨损,消损,消磨wear down磨损,消磨,消磨掉,磨灭

Examples

  • That things like miniaturization and decreasing costs have democratized the ability of individuals or rogue nations to create harm on powerful countries.

  • Actual cases of Ebola in Liberia, according the World Health Organization, are decreasing.

  • The glaciers are melting because snowfall is decreasing and temperatures are rising—bad news for wolverines.

  • A friendship-starting, pain-decreasing, Kremlin-bothering pass for dropping F-bombs?

  • In an effort to save taxpayer dollars, states have been decreasing the number of beds in their psychiatric hospitals for decades.

  • State funding for public colleges and universities has plummeted, decreasing by 40 percent across the country since 1980.

  • White wool—Knit a row, decreasing it by taking the first two stitches together, and the last two.

  • Although fishermen outnumber foresters at the present time, the number of fishermen has been decreasing.

  • Only Jean knew, or ever knew, just how much of Henri's steadily decreasing funds went to that buying.

  • In less than a quarter of an hour, her masts and sails formed only a white obelisk, gradually decreasing against the horizon.

  • Thus, the ratio is augmenting in Illinois, and decreasing in Missouri.