abated
英 [əˈbeɪtɪd]
美 [əˈbeɪtɪd]
v. (使)减弱,减退,减轻,减少
abate的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- VERB 减弱;减轻;减退
If something bad or undesirableabates, it becomes much less strong or severe.- 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
- The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
双语例句
- It was a statement he would regret when the first full flush of his anger had abated.
当他的盛怒平息下来后,他就会为这项声明后悔。 - The pain and diarrhea abated, but he felt tired and weak since then.
疼痛和腹泻都减轻,但自从那时起,他就感觉疲倦和衰弱。 - As the stun abated, he had found himself in his mother's arms.
定身魔法解除后,他发现自己正躺在母亲的怀里。 - The furyof the storm abated.
暴风雨的威力已经减弱。 - Their anxiety has not abated as the opening ceremony has drawn closer.
随着开幕式已经临近,他们的焦虑却未见消减。 - Just as anxieties over a potential disorderly default by Greece have abated, so a new threat to our fragile economic recovery has emerged in the form of a surging oil price.
在人们对希腊可能无序违约的焦虑减轻之际,油价飙升又对脆弱的经济复苏构成了新的威胁。 - The violence appears to have abated somewhat.
目前,暴力冲突似乎已有所缓和。 - After the downpour had abated, the soldiers returned to their bonfire to find that three of the dummies had been thoroughly burned, but that of Washington had miraculously survived.
后来雨势减弱,士兵回到篝火前,只见三个肖像完全烧毁了,但华盛顿的肖像奇般没有被火吞噬。 - So even as demand at the pump may be abated by high prices, short term demand from China could be quite high.
因此,即便价格上涨或许抑制了加油站的需求,但中国的短期需求可能相当高。 - My terror abated a little.
我的恐惧稍有消减。