verb

diminish

減少, 減弱, 貶低

The supplies of food began to diminish.

食物供應開始減少。

His authority was diminished by the scandal.

他的權威因醜聞而減弱。

Don't diminish the importance of this task.

不要貶低這項任務的重要性。

((sth.)) diminishes (sth.)減少 Our hopes of victory are diminishing.

to diminish ((sth.)) 減少(sth.) The new law will diminish our freedom.

同義詞: decrease, lessen, reduce; 反義詞: increase, grow, enhance

源自拉丁語「deminuere」(使變小),由「de-」(向下)+「minuere」(使變小)構成。與「minus」有關。

可以想成「di-minus」——使某物變成負數,即變小。它關乎減少價值或尺寸。

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