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decreases

英[dɪ'kriːs] 美[dɪ'kriːs]
  • v.减少;减小;降低n.减少;降低
decreasingly decreased decreased decreasing decreases

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 减,减少,降低,减弱,减轻,使缩短,压缩
    2. 变小,下降,缩小,缩短,缩减
    n. (名词)
    1. 减少,减小,减退,降低
    2. 减少额,减少量
    3. 减缩位置
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. & vi. (使)缩短;减小,减少 (cause to) become shorter,smaller,less
    n. (名词)
    1. [U]减小,降低 reduction
    2. [C]减少(量) amount by which sth decreases

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a change downward;

    "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"
    "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

  2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

  3. the amount by which something decreases

  4. the act of decreasing or reducing something

Verb:
  1. decrease in size, extent, or range;

    "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"
    "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"
    "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"
    "his voice fell to a whisper"

  2. make smaller;

    "He decreased his staff"

双语例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. They are making further efforts to decrease military spending.
      他们正在做进一步的努力来减少军费开支。
    2. His interest in this subject gradually decreases.
      他对这门学科的兴趣逐渐减退。
    3. The government projected a tax decrease.
      政府计划降低税收。
    4. They tried to decrease the costs.
      他们设法降低成本。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths.
      新的疗法使死亡率急剧减少。
    2. There has been a steady decrease in population in this city.
      这个城市的人口在持续下降。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+~(+A)
    1. The traffic accidents in the city decreased last year.
      该城市去年交通事故减少了。
    2. The population began to decrease.
      人口开始减少。
    3. Interest in the sport is decreasing.
      人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐减退。
    用作及物动词 S+ ~+n./pron.
    1. They decreased the size of the group from 25 to 15.
      他们把小组的人数从25人减少到15人。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.
      销售量差不多减少了20%。
    2. There has been a decrease in exports.
      出口货物有所减少。
    3. Is crime on the decrease?
      犯罪案件是否在减少?

用法讲解

v. (动词)
decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce
  • 这组词都可表示“降低”或“减少”。其区别在于:decrease指各种事物逐渐减少、逐渐衰弱的过程; lessen指减轻强度和减缓烈度,也可指从整体上减去部分或在程度上、数量上的减少; diminish指可以看得出的“缩小”“缩减”; reduce指缩小事物的范围、强度、数量等,也可指级别、地位或经济条件的降低。例如:
  • Decrease the dose of medicine when you feel better.你感到好些就减少药剂用量。
  • The number of fighters had now diminished to two, but the hilltop remained in our hands.现在战士只剩下两个人了,但我们仍然占领着山头。
  • Good lubrication will reduce friction.良好的润滑会减少摩擦。
  • The noise lessened as the plane got further away.飞机逐渐飞远了,噪音也就减弱了。
  • decrease,diminish,lessen,reduce,dwindle
  • 这些词的共同含义是“减少,变少”。
  • decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。
  • diminish侧重大小、数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
  • lessen普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
  • reduce普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
  • dwindle与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
  • 用作动词 (v.)
    ~+介词
    用作名词 (n.)
    形容词+~ 介词+~ ~+介词

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