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decrease v.减少；减小；降低n.减少；降低 (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。 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?

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英 [dɪ'kriːs] 美 [dɪ'kriːs] (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. 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. 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 by amount]  [V from/to amount]  [V amount]  [V in n]  [V n]  [V-ing]Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...人口增长率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96...独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。Raw-steel production by the nation's  mills decreased 2.1% last week...上周该国钢铁厂的原钢产量下降了 2.1%。Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size...自 1945 年以来，空军的规模已经有所缩减。Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking...逐渐减少维生素 C 的服用量。We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。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 in/of n]...a decrease in the number of young people out of work...失业青年人数的减少Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%，降幅高达 40%。

英语单词	decrease
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 by amount] [V from/to amount] [V amount] [V in n] [V n] [V-ing] Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year... 人口增长率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。 The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96... 独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。 Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week... 上周该国钢铁厂的原钢产量下降了 2.1%。 Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size... 自 1945 年以来，空军的规模已经有所缩减。 Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking... 逐渐减少维生素 C 的服用量。 We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices. 我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。 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 in/of n] ...a decrease in the number of young people out of work... 失业青年人数的减少 Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent. 银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%，降幅高达 40%。

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