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 ship sailed when the storm abated.
  这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。
• 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。
• So even as demand at the pump may be abated by high prices, short term demand from China could be quite high.
  因此，即便价格上涨或许抑制了加油站的需求，但中国的短期需求可能相当高。
• As the stun abated, he had found himself in his mother's arms.
  定身魔法解除后，他发现自己正躺在母亲的怀里。
• The furyof the storm abated.
  暴风雨的威力已经减弱。
• It is easily abated by the use of penicillin.
  应用青霉素可以容易地把它消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• Anything more ambitious is a non-starter until the crisis has abated.
  在这场危机有所缓解之前，任何更为大胆的方案都不可能成功。
• When I was almost gone and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and by this time the storm was much abated.
  当我再也挣扎不下去，快要完蛋时，我觉得水深已经不能灭顶了，这时风暴也大大减弱。