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abate v.缓和；减弱；消除 (1) 她试着缓和她父母的紧张关系。(2) 这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。(3) 什么也不能减弱那场辩论的影响力。(4) 我们必须消除大城市里烟尘污染。 Abate comes from the Old French verb abattre, "to beat down," and means to reduce or become less intense or numerous. As an intransitive verb, it is often used with something physically, emotionally, or figuratively violent, as in "the flood of fan mail began to abate." Using it transitively, if you take measures to abate pollution or noise, you reduce them. Pronounce abate with the stress on the second syllable (uh-BATE).

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英 [ə'beɪt] 美 [ə'beɪt] (1) She is trying to abate the tension between her parents.(2) The ship sailed when the storm abated.(3) Nothing can abate the force of that argument.(4) We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities. Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow. 1[VERB 动词]减弱；减轻；减退 If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.   [V]  [FORMAL 正式]The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头

英语单词	abate
英美音标	英 [ə'beɪt] 美 [ə'beɪt]
中文释义	v.缓和；减弱；消除
英语例句	(1) She is trying to abate the tension between her parents. (2) The ship sailed when the storm abated. (3) Nothing can abate the force of that argument. (4) We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities.
中文例句	(1) 她试着缓和她父母的紧张关系。 (2) 这船在暴风雨减弱时起航。 (3) 什么也不能减弱那场辩论的影响力。 (4) 我们必须消除大城市里烟尘污染。
vocabulary简明	Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow.
vocabulary扩展	Abate comes from the Old French verb abattre, "to beat down," and means to reduce or become less intense or numerous. As an intransitive verb, it is often used with something physically, emotionally, or figuratively violent, as in "the flood of fan mail began to abate." Using it transitively, if you take measures to abate pollution or noise, you reduce them. Pronounce abate with the stress on the second syllable (uh-BATE).
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]减弱；减轻；减退 If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe. [V] [FORMAL 正式] The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn. 他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。 ...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating. 丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头

Abate Reduce 英 ə'Beɪt] 美 ə'Beɪt V.缓和；减弱；消除 Tension Parents