| 单词 | abate |
| 释义 | abate (once / 655 pages) v Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow. Abate comes from the Old French verb abattre, "to beat down," and means to reduce or become less intense or numerous. As an intransitive verb, it is often used with something physically, emotionally, or figuratively violent, as in "the flood of fan mail began to abate." Using it transitively, if you take measures to abate pollution or noise, you reduce them. Pronounce abate with the stress on the second syllable (uh-BATE). WORD FAMILYabate: abatable, abated, abatement, abates, abating, abator+/abated: unabated/abatement: abatements/unabated: unabatedly USAGE EXAMPLESBut at least our global warming emissions are abating. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Some age-related declines, such as in memory and muscle coordination, didn’t abate. Science Magazine(Dec 22, 2016) In the last ten years of her parents’ marriage, Davis said, the violence abated and they grew close. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) 1v become less in amount or intensity The storm abated Syn|Hyper die away, let up, slack, slack off decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 2v make less active or intense Syn|Hyper slack, slake decrease, lessen, minify make smaller |
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