minimize

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]

v.  使减少到最低限度; 降低; 贬低; 使显得不重要; (尤指在计算机屏幕上)使最小化

现在分词：minimizing　过去分词：minimized　第三人称单数：minimizes　过去式：minimized　

CET6考研TOEFLGREBEC计算机

Collins.2 / BNC.8977 / COCA.3941

牛津词典

verb

• 使减少到最低限度
  to reduce sth, especially sth bad, to the lowest possible level
  1. Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection.
     保持清洁有助于最大限度地减少感染的危险。
• 降低；贬低；使显得不重要
  to try to make sth seem less important than it really is
  1. He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others.
     他总是试图对自己的错误轻描淡写，对别人的错误夸大其词。
• （尤指在计算机屏幕上）使最小化
  to make sth small, especially on a computer screen
  1. Minimize any windows you have opened.
     把你打开的所有窗口最小化。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 minimise


• VERB 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
  If youminimizea risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
  1. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...
     相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
  2. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.
     这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
• VERB 对…轻描淡写；使显得不重要
  If youminimizesomething, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
  1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...
     有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
  2. At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.
     接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。
• VERB 把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
  If youminimizea window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
  1. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
     再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。

英英释义

verb

• make small or insignificant
  1. Let's minimize the risk
  Synonym:minimise
• represent as less significant or important
  Synonym:understateminimisedownplay
• cause to seem less serious
  1. Don't belittle his influence
  Synonym:belittledenigratederogate

双语例句

• Implement the approved actions and workarounds required to minimize the impact of project risks.
  执行批准的行动和所需的权变措施，来最小化项目风险的影响。
• To minimize collateral damage maximum precision in bombing was required.
  为了尽量减低附带性破坏，轰炸须做到最大程度的精确。
• Among these essential commodities, I would include the information needed to avoid or minimize health risks.
  在这些基本商品中，我想纳入为避免或尽量减少健康风险所需的信息。
• You can use this option to minimize the risk of security vulnerabilities in the AIX operating system.
  可以使用这个选项尽可能降低AIX操作系统中的安全风险。
• We want to minimize labor costs associated with provisioning application environments and maintaining configuration inventories.
  我们需要最小化与预防应用环境和维护配置清单有关的人工成本。
• Several steps and strategies have been developed to minimize these risks.
  有关人士发展了若干措施和方法以减少这些风险。
• Did your attention to detail minimize errors and reduce customer complaints?
  你对细节的关注有减少错误和客户投诉吗？
• Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer
  相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
• The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere.
  下次听证会将以不同的方式进行，以尽可能淡化审判似的气氛。
• Because we want to minimize the dependencies, we create an interface between the two.
  因为我们要将这种依赖性降到最低，我们在这两者之间创建一个接口。