lessening

英 [ˈlesnɪŋ]

美 [ˈlesnɪŋ]

v.  (使)变小，变少，减弱，减轻
lessen的现在分词

现在分词：lessening　

BNC.23315 / COCA.27733

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）缩小；（使）减少；（使）减轻
  If somethinglessensor youlessenit, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.
  1. He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
     他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注，但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。
  2. Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
     要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。

英英释义

noun

• a change downward
  1. there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
  2. there was a sharp drop-off in sales
  Synonym:decreasedrop-off

双语例句

• This is the price society and the financial system pays for lessening risks and promoting stability.
  这是社会和金融体系为降低风险、提升稳定性所付出的代价。
• Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.
  通过减少张力或强度使变松。
• A violation can occur even if there is no lessening of competition between the acquiring and the acquired firm.
  即使没有削弱兼并和被兼并厂商之间的竞争，也可能构成触犯法令。
• The finding could also lead to drugs tailored to attack specific types of cancer, thereby lessening our dependence on tissue-destroying chemotherapy and radiation.
  这一发现还能带来专治特定类型癌症的药物，并因此减轻我们对于会破坏组织的化疗和辐射的依赖。
• What we do register more and more is the gradually lessening of fear where we are concerned.
  我们越来越多印象深刻的是逐步的“恐惧”的学习，这是我们关注的问题。
• An important way to reduce NCDs is to focus on lessening the risk factors associated with these diseases.
  减少非传染性疾病的一个重要方式就是将重点放在减少与这些疾病有关的危险因素方面。
• The VSA/ VSC drives have efficient starts and stops, which eliminate the risk of water hammer and other damage, lessening the need for expensive motor-controlled valves, Emotron says.
  Emotron公司说，VSA/VSC驱动器能够有效的开始和停止，减少了水的冲力和其他的损害的危险系数，这就缓解了对于昂贵的马达控制阀的需求。
• I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.
  我猜想关于这国家，的论证强度没有减少。
• This is creating the lessening of the magnetic grid.
  这造成了磁力栅格的变小。
• Primary Closure of Severe Open Hypertension wound with Meshed Relaxation Incisions the action of lessening in severity or intensity.
  网状减张小切口一期关闭皮肤高张力创口的探讨严肃或紧张减少的行为。