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

• 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。
• Today, the panic has abated, and a more sober cost-benefit analysis is required.
  眼下这种恐慌已经缓解，我们需要进行更冷静的成本效益分析。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• My terror abated a little.
  我的恐惧稍有消减。
• 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。