lessen

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★☆☆☆☆四级英语词汇六级英语词汇

📖 中文释义

  1. vt. 减少, 缩小, 减轻
  2. vi. 变小

🔗 释义中的汉语词

减少缩小减轻

🧩 词形变化

过去分词 lessened过去式 lessened现在分词 lessening第三人称单数 lessens

💬 双语例句

  1. When you are cheerful, books can increase your happiness; when you are sad, books can lessen your sorrow.

    开心时，书可以给你增加快乐；忧伤时，书可以给你减少哀愁。

  2. But this will not lessen the challenge for EU governments in the year ahead. They must unite societies divided by powerful global forces, such as globalization and rapid technological innovation.

  3. Fostering a dynamic service economy will invariably boost consumption as well . In the coming years, a more fully-fledged service economy will be an essential ingredient to increase employment and lessen China’s reliance on manufacturing.

🔵 同义词

diminishfallsubsidedecreaseminify

🔴 反义词

increase

🔗 常用搭配

crisis to lessenintended to lessenlessen the challengelessen the needlessen the painlessen the seriousnesslessen your sorrow
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
  1. v decrease in size, extent, or range
  2. v make smaller
  3. v wear off or die down
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