英语词汇“minimize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

minimize

/ˈmɪnɪmʌɪz

(also minimise)

verb [with object]

1Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree: the aim is to minimize costs...

The school is concentrating on reducing and minimising the amount of litter produced, while encouraging recycling and composting.
This does assume somehow that air transport is a scarce resource, and therefore that the total amount carried must be minimised wherever possible.
You have put off committing yourself as long as possible, and have minimised the amount of warning that France receives.

Synonyms

keep down, keep at/to a minimum, reduce, decrease, cut back on, cut down, lessen, curtail, diminish, prune, pare down, shrink

informal slash

1.1Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance: they may minimize, or even overlook, the importance of such beliefs...

He gets the job just because he is your nephew, which makes him harder to fire and minimizes the true importance of IT in your organization.
In ignorance, they seek to belittle it and minimise its importance to the individual.
That manifests itself in a cosy collectivism that seeks to minimise the importance of any problem.

Synonyms

belittle, make light of, play down, underestimate, underrate, make little of, downplay, underplay, undervalue, detract from, sell short, de-emphasize, understate, discount, soft-pedal, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, trivialize, decry, disparage, deprecate, depreciate, denigrate

informal pooh-pooh

archaic hold cheap

rare derogate, misprize, minify

Derivatives

minimization

/mɪnɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

/ noun ...

If this were a book uniquely on the spiritual disciplines, this would be an understandable minimization.
For complex reasons, I think there's been a lack of understanding or almost a minimisation of the depth of feeling that children can experience.
The booklet is a response to the ongoing denial and minimization that many well-intentioned white people display when they are challenged about racism.

minimizer

noun ...

Part of the problem with boys' unwillingness to share domestic responsibilities - four in 10 are ‘open minimisers’ who bluntly voice their desire to avoid housework and leave it to their partners - may be due to their martyr-like mothers.
Sparky Anderson, a Hall of Famer, is one of the leading minimizers of a manager's importance, without any apparent disingenuousness.
Still, even minimizers can't resist a good tag sale - 31 percent admit to buying someone else's junk in the past year.

单词	minimize
释义	minimize /ˈmɪnɪmʌɪz / (also minimise) verb [with object] 1Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree: the aim is to minimize costs... The school is concentrating on reducing and minimising the amount of litter produced, while encouraging recycling and composting. This does assume somehow that air transport is a scarce resource, and therefore that the total amount carried must be minimised wherever possible. You have put off committing yourself as long as possible, and have minimised the amount of warning that France receives. Synonyms keep down, keep at/to a minimum, reduce, decrease, cut back on, cut down, lessen, curtail, diminish, prune, pare down, shrink informal slash 1.1Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance: they may minimize, or even overlook, the importance of such beliefs... He gets the job just because he is your nephew, which makes him harder to fire and minimizes the true importance of IT in your organization. In ignorance, they seek to belittle it and minimise its importance to the individual. That manifests itself in a cosy collectivism that seeks to minimise the importance of any problem. Synonyms belittle, make light of, play down, underestimate, underrate, make little of, downplay, underplay, undervalue, detract from, sell short, de-emphasize, understate, discount, soft-pedal, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, trivialize, decry, disparage, deprecate, depreciate, denigrate informal pooh-pooh archaic hold cheap rare derogate, misprize, minify Derivatives minimization /mɪnɪmʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n / noun ... If this were a book uniquely on the spiritual disciplines, this would be an understandable minimization. For complex reasons, I think there's been a lack of understanding or almost a minimisation of the depth of feeling that children can experience. The booklet is a response to the ongoing denial and minimization that many well-intentioned white people display when they are challenged about racism. minimizer noun ... Part of the problem with boys' unwillingness to share domestic responsibilities - four in 10 are ‘open minimisers’ who bluntly voice their desire to avoid housework and leave it to their partners - may be due to their martyr-like mothers. Sparky Anderson, a Hall of Famer, is one of the leading minimizers of a manager's importance, without any apparent disingenuousness. Still, even minimizers can't resist a good tag sale - 31 percent admit to buying someone else's junk in the past year.
随便看	do someone over do someone proud do someone's head in do someone/thing a power of good do someone/thing down do someone/thing justice do someone to death do someone up do someone wrong do something for one's country (or England etc.) do something in do something (or nothing) for do something out do something over do something to death do something until (or till) one is blue in the face do something up Dos Passos, John doss dossal dosser dosseret dosshouse dossier dost