英语单词 | decrease |
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英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'kriːs] 美 [dɪ'kriːs] |
中文释义 | v.减少;减小;降低 n.减少;降低 |
英语例句 | (1) They are making further efforts to decrease military spending. (2) His interest in this subject gradually decreases. (3) The government projected a tax decrease. (4) The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths. (5) There has been a steady decrease in population in this city. |
中文例句 | (1) 他们正在做进一步的努力来减少军费开支。 (2) 他对这门学科的兴趣逐渐减退。 (3) 政府计划降低税收。 (4) 新的疗法使死亡率急剧减少。 (5) 这个城市的人口在持续下降。 |
vocabulary简明 | Decrease means to lower or go down. If you are driving above the speed limit, you should decrease your speed or risk getting a ticket. Students always want teachers to decrease the amount of homework. |
vocabulary扩展 | The opposite of decrease is increase, which means to raise. In science, you often are measuring increases and decreases. Is there a decrease in the time it takes water to boil when you begin with water as a liquid rather than water in its ice-cube form? |
柯林斯解释 | The verb is pronounced /dɪ'kriːs/. The noun is pronounced /'diːkriːs/. 动词读作 /dɪ'kriːs/。名词读作 /'diːkriːs/。 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)减少;(使)减小;(使)降低 When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity. [V [V [V amount] [V [V n] [V-ing]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]减少;减小;降低 A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it. [oft N
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