abate

[ə'beit]

v.缓和, 减弱, 消除

vt.

1. 减少, 减弱, 减轻

Nothing could abate his rage.

什么都不能平息他的愤怒。

2. 对(价格)打折扣

abate part of the price

对某项价格打折扣

3. 【律】撤销, 废除; 消除

We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities.

我们一定要消除大城市的烟雾公害。

vi.

减少, 减弱, 减轻

The storm has abated.

暴风雨减弱了。

词形变化

动词过去式: abated | 动词过去分词: abated | 动词现在分词: abating | 动词第三人称单数: abates |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.减少; 缓和; 废除

reduce  lessen  stop  decrease  curtail  moderate  abolish  put an end to  do away with  

同义参见:

lower  soften  languish  alleviate  wane  silence  loosen  dwindle  relieve  

反义:

vt.vi.减少; 减弱

increase  augment  raise  rise  strengthen  

反义参见:

augment  

英英释义

动词 abate:

make less active or intense

同义词：slake, slack

become less in amount or intensity

同义词：let up, slack off, slack, die away

补充

abateabate英:[əˈbeit] 美:[əˈbet]vt. & vi.1.减少, 减轻, 减退; 消除The storm began to abate slightly.风暴开始稍有所减弱。The worker's concern about cuts in the welfare funding has not abated.工人们对削减福利基金的关心并没有减少。The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating.近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。

例句

1. The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.他们绕过合恩角时, 暴风雨已减弱了。 2. a wave of violence that shows no sign of abating未见平息迹象的暴乱 3. With malaria, these symptoms may abate, then recur.染上疟疾后, 这些症状可能减轻后又复发。 4. a government programme to abate greenhouse gas emissions抑制温室气体排放的政府计划 5. The marriage of a feme sole defendant does not abate the writ.单身女性被告结婚不会导致该令状无效。 6. Do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy?谁买东西不想讲讲价呢？ 7. drugs to abate pain镇痛药 8. to abate the anger of the mob平息民众的愤怒 9. to abate a price降低价格 10. to abate part of the cost削减部分费用 11. to abate all taxes减免一切税收 12. to abate a tax减税 13. We must abate the noise in our big cities.我们必须在我们大城市中消除噪音。 14. to abate all mention of names所有姓名一概略去不提 15. to abate an action中止诉讼 16. to abate a writ宣布令状无效 17. Demand has considerably abated.需求已大大减少了。 18. The storm abated in violence.暴风雨减势了。 19. The storm has abated.风暴已减弱了。 20. to abate by law依法废除 21. the storm suddenly abated.暴风雨突然减弱了。 22. nothing abated his crusading zeal.没有什么能减弱他奋斗的热情。 23. We waited for the wind/storm to abate.我们等着风势/暴风雨减弱。 24. The excitement has abated.兴奋的情绪已经平静下来了。 25. The violence has continued without abatement.暴力仍在继续，丝毫没有减轻。 26. a tax abatement [=an amount by which a tax is reduced]减税