abated

英 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

美 [əˈbeɪtɪd]

v.  (使)减弱，减退，减轻，减少
abate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 减弱；减轻；减退
  If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
  1. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
     他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。
  2. ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
     丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头

双语例句

• The pain and diarrhea abated, but he felt tired and weak since then.
  疼痛和腹泻都减轻，但自从那时起，他就感觉疲倦和衰弱。
• Once again when initial productivity gains had been absorbed, the rate of population growth abated.
  一旦最初的生产力增长被吸收殆尽，人口的增长再次衰落。
• The furyof the storm abated.
  暴风雨的威力已经减弱。
• I abated his cringes, told him I forgave him.
  我止住了他那种卑躬屈节的神气，告诉他，我饶恕了他。
• The wind abated.
  风势稍杀。
• So even as demand at the pump may be abated by high prices, short term demand from China could be quite high.
  因此，即便价格上涨或许抑制了加油站的需求，但中国的短期需求可能相当高。
• After the downpour had abated, the soldiers returned to their bonfire to find that three of the dummies had been thoroughly burned, but that of Washington had miraculously survived.
  后来雨势减弱，士兵回到篝火前，只见三个肖像完全烧毁了，但华盛顿的肖像奇般没有被火吞噬。
• Today, the panic has abated, and a more sober cost-benefit analysis is required.
  眼下这种恐慌已经缓解，我们需要进行更冷静的成本效益分析。
• As the stun abated, he had found himself in his mother's arms.
  定身魔法解除后，他发现自己正躺在母亲的怀里。
• It was a statement he would regret when the first full flush of his anger had abated.
  当他的盛怒平息下来后，他就会为这项声明后悔。