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diminished

US // (dɪˈmɪnɪʃt) //

减损,减弱,减弱的,减少的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reduced or lessened; made smaller
    • : music denoting any minor or perfect interval reduced by a semitone
    • : music denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a minor third and a diminished fifth
    • : music denoting a diminished seventh chord having as its root the note specifiedB diminished

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbecome or cause to be less
verbbelittle

Examples

  • He sometimes surmised that it was because he was too outspokenly identified with the diminished liberal wing of the party.

  • The violence continues, but on a scale diminished since when American bases and outposts dotted the province.

  • But it is based on the chord structure of what I played before it, except that it was based on a diminished scale.

  • With the right person in the right job, the need for on-the-job support is diminished.

  • But there is no credible data yet showing that the reach of ISIS messaging has diminished.

  • Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.

  • Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.

  • They often appear in digestive disturbances, in neurasthenia, and when the oxidizing power of the system is diminished.

  • In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.

  • And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up.