abated

英 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

美 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

v.  (使)减弱，减退，减轻，减少
abate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减弱；减轻；减退
  If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  1. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
     他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。
  2. ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
     丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头

双语例句

• George spilled a pot of hot coffee on his leg. It hurt quite a bit. Then, gradually, the agony abated.
  乔治把一壶热加咖啡洒到腿上，感觉很痛。然后，疼痛逐渐地减轻了。
• I think my occasional yearning for that now bygone world has abated ( not that it is entirely gone) for a number of reasons.
  我对那个已经逝去的世界的偶尔怀念之所以会减弱（但没有完全消失），在我看来原因有很多。
• Just as anxieties over a potential disorderly default by Greece have abated, so a new threat to our fragile economic recovery has emerged in the form of a surging oil price.
  在人们对希腊可能无序违约的焦虑减轻之际，油价飙升又对脆弱的经济复苏构成了新的威胁。
• It was a statement he would regret when the first full flush of his anger had abated.
  当他的盛怒平息下来后，他就会为这项声明后悔。
• The risks to growth are now on the downside and the upward risks of inflation have abated.
  如今，经济增长面临的风险正在降低，而通胀上行的风险也已减弱。
• Their anxiety has not abated as the opening ceremony has drawn closer.
  随着开幕式已经临近，他们的焦虑却未见消减。
• After the rain, the heat abated considerably.
  雨后炎热减退了许多。
• The flood subsided ( or abated) a little.
  水势有所减退。
• The wind abated.
  风势稍杀。
• It is easily abated by the use of penicillin.
  应用青霉素可以容易地把它消灭。