| 释义 |
lessen
lessento cause to decrease; to belittle; to become less; reduce: The pain will lessen with time.
Not to be confused with:lesson – something to be learned; a class; a teaching: The lesson is to look before you leap.less·en L0128400 (lĕs′ən)v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens v.tr.1. To make less; reduce. See Synonyms at decrease.2. Archaic To make little of; belittle.v.intr. To become less; decrease: interest that lessened as the lecture continued.
[Middle English lessen, lessenen, from lesse, less; see less.]lessen (ˈlɛsən) vb1. to make or become less2. (tr) to make little ofless•en (ˈlɛs ən)
v.i. 1. to become less. v.t. 2. to reduce. [1375–1425] lessen- alleviate - Can mean "diminish the weight of"; to alleviate is not to cure, but rather to lighten, lessen, or relieve to some degree.
- minute, second - Latin minutus, "small," came from minuere, "lessen," and the term pars minuta prima, "first small part," was applied to a 60th of a whole—a minute, originally of a circle and later of an hour; likewise, a second was originally a secunda minuta, a 60th of a 60th.
- mince - Can mean "lessen or diminish (something)" or "minimize."
- bated breath - The expression is based on bate, meaning "to moderate, restrain" or "to lessen, diminish"; though bated was once rather common, it is now rare except in this set expression.
lessen
Past participle: lessened
Gerund: lessening
| Present |
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| I lessen | | you lessen | | he/she/it lessens | | we lessen | | you lessen | | they lessen |
| Preterite |
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| I lessened | | you lessened | | he/she/it lessened | | we lessened | | you lessened | | they lessened |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am lessening | | you are lessening | | he/she/it is lessening | | we are lessening | | you are lessening | | they are lessening |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have lessened | | you have lessened | | he/she/it has lessened | | we have lessened | | you have lessened | | they have lessened |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was lessening | | you were lessening | | he/she/it was lessening | | we were lessening | | you were lessening | | they were lessening |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had lessened | | you had lessened | | he/she/it had lessened | | we had lessened | | you had lessened | | they had lessened |
| Future |
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| I will lessen | | you will lessen | | he/she/it will lessen | | we will lessen | | you will lessen | | they will lessen |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have lessened | | you will have lessened | | he/she/it will have lessened | | we will have lessened | | you will have lessened | | they will have lessened |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be lessening | | you will be lessening | | he/she/it will be lessening | | we will be lessening | | you will be lessening | | they will be lessening |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been lessening | | you have been lessening | | he/she/it has been lessening | | we have been lessening | | you have been lessening | | they have been lessening |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been lessening | | you will have been lessening | | he/she/it will have been lessening | | we will have been lessening | | you will have been lessening | | they will have been lessening |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been lessening | | you had been lessening | | he/she/it had been lessening | | we had been lessening | | you had been lessening | | they had been lessening |
| Conditional |
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| I would lessen | | you would lessen | | he/she/it would lessen | | we would lessen | | you would lessen | | they would lessen |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have lessened | | you would have lessened | | he/she/it would have lessened | | we would have lessened | | you would have lessened | | they would have lessened |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | lessen - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"decrease, diminish, fallbreak - diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"shrivel, shrink - decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"taper - diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"drop off - fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"vaporize, vanish, fly - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"break - fall sharply; "stock prices broke"ease off, slacken off, ease up, flag - become less intensechange magnitude - change in size or magnitudeweaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"boil down, decoct, concentrate, reduce - be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"shrink, contract - become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither - wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"die away, let up, slack off, abate, slack - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"deflate - become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down - become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"remit - diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted"de-escalate - diminish in size, scope, or intensity; "The war of words between them de-escalated with time"devaluate, devalue, undervalue, depreciate - lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"thin out - become sparser; "Towards the end of town, the houses thinned out"wane, go down, decline - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard - lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"decrescendo - grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here" | | 2. |  lessen - make smaller; "He decreased his staff"minify, decreasealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"suppress - reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"mitigate - make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"pare, pare down - decrease gradually or bit by bitcircumscribe, confine, limit - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"boil down, concentrate, reduce - cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"shrink, reduce - reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"abbreviate, abridge, foreshorten, shorten, contract, reduce, cut - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"abate, slake, slack - make less active or intenselour, lower, turn down - make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"de-escalate, step down, weaken - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"minimize, minimise - make small or insignificant; "Let's minimize the risk"cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"cut - have a reducing effect; "This cuts into my earnings"slack up, slacken, slack, relax - make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"diminish, belittle - lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues" | | 3. | lessen - wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"subsideweaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
lessenverb1. reduce, lower, diminish, decrease, relax, ease, narrow, moderate, weaken, erode, impair, degrade, minimize, curtail, lighten, wind down, abridge, de-escalate Keep immunisations up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
reduce increase, raise, boost, expand, add to, enhance, enlarge, multiply, magnify, augment2. grow less, diminish, decrease, contract, ease, weaken, shrink, slow down, dwindle, lighten, wind down, die down, abate, slacken The attention she gives him will certainly lessen once the baby is born.lessenverb1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less:abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off).2. To make less severe or more bearable:allay, alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relieve.Translationsless (les) adjective (often with than) not as much (as). Think of a number less than forty; He drank his tea and wished he had put less sugar in it; The salary for that job will be not less than $30,000. 較少的 较少的，更少的 adverb not as much or to a smaller extent. I like her less every time I see her; You should smoke less if you want to remain healthy. 較少地 较少地 pronoun a smaller part or amount. He has less than I have. 更少 更少 preposition minus. He earns $280 a week less $90 income tax. 減去 减去ˈlessen verb to make or become less. The fan lessened the heat a little; When the children left, the noise lessened considerably. 減少 减少ˈlesser adjective smaller or not as important. the lesser of the two towns. 較小的，較不重要的 较小的，較少的 adverb less. the lesser-known streets of London. 較少地 较少地the less … the less/moreetc . The less I see of him, the better (pleased I'll be)!; The less I practise, the less confident I become; The less I try, the more I succeed. 越...就越... 越...就越...no less a person etc thanas great a person etc as: I had tea with no less a person than the Prime Minister 身份不低於 身份不低于less is used in speaking about quantity or amount: People should eat less fat ; I've less than $100 in the bank .
fewer sould be used in speaking about numbers of individual things or people: I've fewer books than he has ; There were fewer than 50 people at the meeting .IdiomsSeelessen uplessen
Synonyms for lessenverb reduceSynonyms- reduce
- lower
- diminish
- decrease
- relax
- ease
- narrow
- moderate
- weaken
- erode
- impair
- degrade
- minimize
- curtail
- lighten
- wind down
- abridge
- de-escalate
Antonyms- increase
- raise
- boost
- expand
- add to
- enhance
- enlarge
- multiply
- magnify
- augment
verb grow lessSynonyms- grow less
- diminish
- decrease
- contract
- ease
- weaken
- shrink
- slow down
- dwindle
- lighten
- wind down
- die down
- abate
- slacken
Synonyms for lessenverb to grow or cause to grow gradually lessSynonyms- abate
- decrease
- diminish
- drain
- dwindle
- ebb
- let up
- peter
- rebate
- reduce
- tail away
- taper
verb to make less severe or more bearableSynonyms- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- comfort
- ease
- lighten
- mitigate
- palliate
- relieve
Synonyms for lessenverb decrease in size, extent, or rangeSynonymsRelated Words- break
- shrivel
- shrink
- taper
- drop off
- vaporize
- vanish
- fly
- ease off
- slacken off
- ease up
- flag
- change magnitude
- weaken
- boil down
- decoct
- concentrate
- reduce
- contract
- shrivel up
- wither
- die away
- let up
- slack off
- abate
- slack
- deflate
- dwindle
- dwindle away
- dwindle down
- remit
- de-escalate
- devaluate
- devalue
- undervalue
- depreciate
- shorten
- thin out
- wane
- go down
- decline
- decelerate
- slow
- slow down
- slow up
- retard
- decrescendo
verb make smallerSynonymsRelated Words- alter
- change
- modify
- suppress
- mitigate
- pare
- pare down
- circumscribe
- confine
- limit
- boil down
- concentrate
- reduce
- shrink
- abbreviate
- abridge
- foreshorten
- shorten
- contract
- cut
- abate
- slake
- slack
- lour
- lower
- turn down
- de-escalate
- step down
- weaken
- minimize
- minimise
- cut down
- trim back
- trim down
- cut back
- trim
- bring down
- slack up
- slacken
- relax
- diminish
- belittle
verb wear off or die downSynonymsRelated Words |