| 单词 | diminished return |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiminished return a. Made smaller, lessened: see the verb. (†In quot. 1607, Lowered in condition, weakened, wasted, emaciated.) diminished return (cf. diminishing adj. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reduced in size or extent minished1590 narrowed1599 diminished1607 shorn1853 ensmalled1857 reduced1880 Sanforized1968 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > withered forpined1377 contractc1430 withereda1500 forwithered1563 arefacted1599 arefacting1599 corky1603 diminished1607 shrivelled1607 shirpit1821 shriveldy1840 mummified1879 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 686 For the encouraging of a feeble or diminished Horsse, Eumelus reporteth, the flesh of swine..mingled in wine, and giuen in drinke, to be exceeding good. 1745 E. Young Consolation 85 How swift I mount? Diminish'd Earth recedes. 1817 D. Ricardo Princ. Polit. Econ. ii. 61 On the best land, the same produce would still be obtained with the same labour as before, but its value would be enhanced in consequence of the diminished returns obtained by those who employed fresh labour and stock on the less fertile land. 1843 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. (new ed.) iii. vii. 494 The greatest amount of capital and labour may be employed in fashioning raw produce and adapting it to our use, and in transporting it from where it is produced to where it is consumed, without a diminished return. a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) VI. 140 Rays of sovereignty..to be reflected back, not in diminished, but increased splendor. < as lemmas |
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