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diminish 【DIMINISH】Poor crops so diminished the food supply that people were starving.由于收成不佳，减少了食物供应，以至于人们都在挨饿。【重点词汇】diminish v. 减少 反: enlarge

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[dɪ'mɪnɪʃ] 
diminishdecrease in size, extent, or range
Diminish means to make smaller or lesser. If you cover a lightbulb with a dark lamp shade, the light from the lamp will diminish.
It can also mean become less important. Once the light has been dimmed, its role in lighting the room is diminished. If you look at diminish, you see 'minis' which comes from the Latin word minus, as in subtraction. Other words that share this root are miniature and minuscule, all of which mean something that is small, or at least smallish.
All forms of 'diminish' will appear on average once every 255 pages.diminishdiminisheddiminishingundiminished

Front	diminish
Pron	[dɪ'mɪnɪʃ]
Back	【DIMINISH】 Poor crops so diminished the food supply that people were starving. 由于收成不佳，减少了食物供应，以至于人们都在挨饿。【重点词汇】 diminish v. 减少反: enlarge
Vocab	diminishdecrease in size, extent, or range Diminish means to make smaller or lesser. If you cover a lightbulb with a dark lamp shade, the light from the lamp will diminish. It can also mean become less important. Once the light has been dimmed, its role in lighting the room is diminished. If you look at diminish, you see 'minis' which comes from the Latin word minus, as in subtraction. Other words that share this root are miniature and minuscule, all of which mean something that is small, or at least smallish. All forms of 'diminish' will appear on average once every 255 pages. diminish diminished diminishing undiminished

Diminish Lamp Light Dɪ'Mɪnɪʃ Poor Crops Diminished Food