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

• 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。
• In retrospect, he said, he would have taken a much stronger view in the report on the drastic changes that would come about if greenhouse gas emissions were not abated.
  他表示，回想起来，在报告中，他本应对急剧的气候变化持更强烈的观点。如果温室气体的排放没有减少，这些变化就会发生。
• The pain and diarrhea abated, but he felt tired and weak since then.
  疼痛和腹泻都减轻，但自从那时起，他就感觉疲倦和衰弱。
• Although it's taken quite a while to realize what was happening, I now understand that my unhappiness and anxiety ( which have abated but have not altogether disappeared) are not a reflection of how much time Emma and I spend together.
  虽然过了一段时间以后我才意识到自己到底怎么了，不过我现在知道，我的不悦和焦虑（虽然有所缓解但是到现在还未完全消失）的根源并不是艾玛到底陪了我多久。
• 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。
• The violence appears to have abated somewhat.
  目前，暴力冲突似乎已有所缓和。
• Once again when initial productivity gains had been absorbed, the rate of population growth abated.
  一旦最初的生产力增长被吸收殆尽，人口的增长再次衰落。
• I abated his cringes, told him I forgave him.
  我止住了他那种卑躬屈节的神气，告诉他，我饶恕了他。
• The ache in my head abated.
  我的头疼减轻了。
• As a top priority, the shortages of essential and life-saving medicines needs to be abated without delay.
  最优先做到的是，基本药品和救生药品的短缺现象必须毫不拖延地得到缓解。