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diminishment

/dih-min-ish/US // dɪˈmɪn ɪʃ //UK // (dɪˈmɪnɪʃ) //

减损,缩减,减弱,减少

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
    • : Architecture. to give a form tapering inward from bottom to top.
    • : Music. to make smaller by a chromatic half step than the corresponding perfect or minor interval.
    • : to detract from the authority, honor, stature, or reputation of; disparage.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to lessen; decrease.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It’s diminishing the presidency … We need to have the transition begin as soon as possible.

  • To have that diminished — not that we don’t have visitation, but everyone is seeing a substantial decrease in numbers.

  • You get diminishing returns after a while because it’s the same audience over and over.

  • A $494 billion legislation package, the INVEST In America Act, was recently introduced to address America’s deteriorating highways and bridges while diminishing carbon pollution.

  • That record turnout did not diminish the existence of suppression, but it challenged it.

  • Chekhov has talked about this, that any designation besides writer (Russian writer, whatever) was a diminishment.

  • Does that increasing skill set make up for the diminishment of a rags-to-riches mythology?

  • Its population suffered some diminishment in the next two years in spite of its position on the main highway of trade.

  • Although the light was decreasing, I could perceive no diminishment in the apparent speed of the sun.

  • But the price was a great diminishment in its geographical scope.

  • For an instant there was no diminishment of the pace; then the horses head came down, and Jacks feet again touched earth.

  • Not that this diminishment of her handwriting in any sense lessened the effect upon me of the sentiments it conveyed.