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Minimize Verb Make 英[ˈmɪnɪmaɪz 美[ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz Vt.把…减至最低数量[程度];对(某事物)作最低估计,极力贬低(某事物)的价值[重要性];极度轻视 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度 Risk

单词 minimize
音标
英[ˈmɪnɪmaɪz] 美[ˈmɪnəˌmaɪz]
解释
vt.把…减至最低数量[程度];对(某事物)作最低估计,极力贬低(某事物)的价值[重要性];极度轻视;
例句

VERB
使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
例:Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
例:Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。

VERB
对…轻描淡写;使显得不重要
If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
例:Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
例:At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.接受审判的时候,他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。

VERB
把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
例:Click the square icon again to minimize the window.再次点击正方形图标,把窗口最小化。
变形
third:minimizes~done:minimized~ing:minimizing~past:minimized~

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