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 violence appears to have abated somewhat.
  目前，暴力冲突似乎已有所缓和。
• During the 1990s, tensions gradually abated.
  在上世纪90年代，紧张局势逐渐缓和。
• My terror abated a little.
  我的恐惧稍有消减。
• I think my occasional yearning for that now bygone world has abated ( not that it is entirely gone) for a number of reasons.
  我对那个已经逝去的世界的偶尔怀念之所以会减弱（但没有完全消失），在我看来原因有很多。
• 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。
• When I was almost gone and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth; and by this time the storm was much abated.
  当我再也挣扎不下去，快要完蛋时，我觉得水深已经不能灭顶了，这时风暴也大大减弱。
• 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 risks to growth are now on the downside and the upward risks of inflation have abated.
  如今，经济增长面临的风险正在降低，而通胀上行的风险也已减弱。
• Anything more ambitious is a non-starter until the crisis has abated.
  在这场危机有所缓解之前，任何更为大胆的方案都不可能成功。
• The wind abated.
  风势稍杀。