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lessen v.减少；减轻 (1) 日本人应该减少工作时数。(2) 在这里我们必须能够减少对这个城市的损坏。(3) 经常运动有助于减轻痛感。(4) 回来之后我的困惑和苦恼并没有减轻。 If your cold symptoms lessen, it means you're sneezing and coughing much less and can probably go to school. If the value of your Pez collection lessens, it means those plastic candy dispensers can't be sold for quite as much money on eBay. And your friend might recommend that you take a yoga class or learn to meditate, especially if she thinks you should lessen your stress and anxiety.

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英 ['lesn] 美 ['lesn] (1) The Japanese should lessen their working hours.(2) We should be able to lessen the damage to the city here.(3) Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.(4) Coming back here didn't lessen my confusion and pain. To lessen is to make smaller, to reduce, or to weaken. A high school football coach might try to lessen head injuries by improving the quality of the team's helmets. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）缩小；（使）减少；（使）减轻 If something lessens or you lessen it, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.   [V]  [V n]He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注，但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。lessening...increased trade and a lessening of tension on the border.边界地区贸易的增长和紧张气氛的缓和

英语单词	lessen
英美音标	英 ['lesn] 美 ['lesn]
中文释义	v.减少；减轻
英语例句	(1) The Japanese should lessen their working hours. (2) We should be able to lessen the damage to the city here. (3) Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain. (4) Coming back here didn't lessen my confusion and pain.
中文例句	(1) 日本人应该减少工作时数。 (2) 在这里我们必须能够减少对这个城市的损坏。 (3) 经常运动有助于减轻痛感。 (4) 回来之后我的困惑和苦恼并没有减轻。
vocabulary简明	To lessen is to make smaller, to reduce, or to weaken. A high school football coach might try to lessen head injuries by improving the quality of the team's helmets.
vocabulary扩展	If your cold symptoms lessen, it means you're sneezing and coughing much less and can probably go to school. If the value of your Pez collection lessens, it means those plastic candy dispensers can't be sold for quite as much money on eBay. And your friend might recommend that you take a yoga class or learn to meditate, especially if she thinks you should lessen your stress and anxiety.
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）缩小；（使）减少；（使）减轻 If something lessens or you lessen it, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance. [V] [V n] He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born... 他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注，但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。 Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness. 要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。 lessening ...increased trade and a lessening of tension on the border. 边界地区贸易的增长和紧张气氛的缓和

Lessen Pain Make Means 英 Lesn] 美 Lesn V.减少；减轻