abate是什么意思

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      abate 是什么意思

      中文翻译与英英解释

      vt.
      1.减少,减轻(痛苦等);降低,减(价);缓和。
      2.【法律】取消(法令),中止(诉讼);排除(障碍)。
      3.除掉;夺去。 abate a tax 减税。 abate sb.'s pain 减轻某人的痛苦。 abate sb. of sth. 夺取某人的东西。 abate a nuisance 排除骚扰。
      vi.
      1.(洪水、风暴、病痛等)减少,减轻,减退。 The storm has abated. 风暴减弱了。
      2.【法律】中止,作废。

      become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
      同义词:let up, slack off, slack, die away,

      make less active or intense
      同义词:slake, slack,

例句与用法

      1.
      The war crisis seemed to be abating .
      战争的紧张局势看来在渐渐缓和了。

      2.
      It is easily abated by the use of penicillin .
      应用青霉素可以容易地把它消灭。

      3.
      They waited for the storm to abate .
      他们等待暴雨减弱。

      4.
      It's much more paying to abate a price than to increase it .
      减价要比加价合算得多。

      5.
      Instead of abating , the wind is blowing even harder .
      风不但没有减小,反而越刮越大了。

      6.
      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。

      7.
      We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions .
      我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛。

      8.
      The wind abated .
      风势稍缓。

      9.
      On nearer acquaintance, too, deans abated some of his prejudices .
      待到相处得更熟时,迪思斯的偏见也就淡薄了一些。

      10.
      The violence of my fever abated in three weeks, yet it several times returned .
      过了三星期,我的热度就退了,但是又反复了好几次。