diminish
美 [dɪˈmɪnɪʃ] 
英 [dɪ'mɪnɪʃ]
词形变化
过去式：diminished 现在分词：diminishing 第三人称单数：diminishes 反义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] ~ (sth) 减少；（使）减弱，缩减；降低to become or to make sth become smaller, weaker, etc. |
| The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. 世界资源正在迅速减少。 |
| His influence has diminished with time. 随着时间的推移，他的影响已不如从前了。 |
| Our efforts were producing diminishing returns(= we achieved less although we spent more time or money) . 我们不断投入，收益却在递减。 |
2. | [t] ~ sb/sth 贬低；贬损；轻视to make sb/sth seem less important than they really are |
| I don't wish to diminish the importance of their contribution. 我并不想贬低他们所作贡献的重要性。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Absence diminish little passion and Increase great one , just as the wind blow out a candle and fan a fire .
离别能使浅薄的感情削弱，但却会使深挚的感情更加深厚。正如风之能吹灭烛火而却会把火煽得更旺。
There is nothing to fear. For nothing can diminish the true beauty at the heart of you.
无以为惧，因为任何事物都无法削弱你内心深处真正的美。
The Treasury view was that bond-financed public spending was bound to diminish private spending by an equal amount.
英国财政部当时的观点是，依靠发债融资的公共支出，势必挤出等量的私人支出。
Nicholas Curtis, Lynas executive chairman, said the deal would "increase global supply and diminish concentration of supply out of China" .
Lynas执行主席尼古拉斯-柯蒂斯（NicholasCurtis）说，该交易将“增加全球供应，削弱中国之外的供应集中度”。
With this map they were better able to predict how much the placebo would diminish pain in the remaining participants.
利用这幅图，他们能更准确地预测安慰剂能在多大程度上减轻其他参与者的痛苦。
As well, the cost of the technology continues to diminish to such an extent that computer literacy in the workplace is now expected.
同时，该技术的成本不断降低，以至于工作场所的计算机文化的普及有望实现。
This could seriously diminish the chances of a significant deficit reduction deal to be reached over the next two weeks.
如此一来，未来两周内两党达成重大减赤协议的可能性会大大降低。
A few blemishes prove that this planned trilogy still has potential for growth, but they barely diminish the game's overall impact.
一些瑕疵，证明这个计划三部曲还有很大的成长潜力，但他们几乎没有减少游戏的整体影响。
As the company grows , and the technical staff represents a smaller part of it, the feeling of ownership tends to diminish .
当公司发展壮大了，技术员工所占股份可能减少，他们的主人翁感觉日益减少。
That Ruth had little faith in his power as a writer, did not alter her nor diminish her in Martin's eyes.
虽然露丝对马丁当作家的本领缺乏信心，她在马丁眼中却并无变化，也没有被他小看。
She understood, early on, that she needed to diminish her own sense of importance so the needs of her younger siblings could be met.
她很早就了解到她需要打消自身的重要感，这样就可以满足她弟妹的需求。
he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish.
他又赐福给他们，叫他们生养众多。也不叫他们的牲畜减少。
The fact that this plot is wholly implausible does nothing to diminish the fun.
这一情节完全难以置信，但这并没有减少小说的趣味。
Those readings put him in touch with the traditions that don't sugarcoat death, that don't diminish pain and loss and horror.
这些书籍告诉他，我们不必粉饰死亡，不必回避痛苦、损失和恐惧。
I studied well, but I learn well, do not know why my grades were not only failed to rise, but also to diminish, What is the reason for this?
我研究好，但我学不好，不知道为什么我的成绩不但没有上升，而且也减少，这是什么原因呢？
If you don't slack and give a good performance then the chances of that heated argument with your boss further diminish.
如果你不偷懒表现好，那你和老板发生激烈争执的可能性将会更小。
Moody's, a rival agency, has already commented that the summit did not diminish the risk of downward ratings revisions.
标普的竞争对手穆迪已经评价说，该峰会没有能减小信用评级被降级的风险。
Old age does more than stealthily steal away our most cherished memories: it also seems to diminish our ability to imagine things.
老化不仅悄悄地夺走我们最珍贵的记忆力，好像也削弱了我们对各种事情的想象力。
By the 1970s, however, this resistance began to diminish as memories of the war faded and the economy began to boom.
1970年，这种抵抗随着记忆的消退和经济的繁荣开始减弱。
To leave some cooked food or vegetables uneaten during each meal is to quickly diminish our good blessings.
每餐吃饭时在饭碗里留下过多的饭菜不吃完，这是消福。
People were asking: would the marriage diminish the prestige of the British throne?
人们问道，这一婚事是否会影响英国皇家的尊严？
Perhaps most important, putting your feelings into words can diminish their grip on you and help them work their way out of your system.
也许，最重要的是将自己的感受写成话可以减少它们对你的控制，帮助它们从你的系统中走出去。
Can be used for contouring to diminish the appearance of facial imperfections.
可用于轮廓，减少面部缺陷的外观。
Conversely, Palin's decision could diminish a selling point -- the fact that she has executive experience and knows how to run a state.
相反，佩林的决定可能削弱了一个事实卖点，即，她有执政经验，知道如何治理国家。
Truly great powers do not fear small threats or, if they come to, they diminish themselves and lift up the small.
真正的强国不会害怕小的威胁，如果这些小的威胁真的来临，它们也会自我消弭，并只能有很小的影响。
If other brands of group membership can be strengthened, the traditional ones may diminish, even if they do not disappear completely.
如果团体的成员身份的其他标志可以被强化，那么传统的标志即使不完全消失，也会弱化。
But the cessation of his hostility for Pen did not diminish Huxter's attentions to Fanny .
但是对小潘的仇视的消释，并没有减少赫克斯特对芬妮的关心。
Erode : To cause to diminish , deteriorate, or disappear as if by eating into or wearing away.
侵蚀掉，腐蚀掉：象磨蚀、侵蚀那样使…减少、减弱或消失。
Avoiding foods that will increase the size of the fat cells will diminish the appearance of cellulite through the skin.
避免吃会增大脂肪细胞的食品，会减少皮肤脂肪团的形成。
Meanwhile, radiation in the Tokyo water supply continued to diminish on Sunday, the authorities said.
与此同时，官方宣布东京水体中的辐射量在周日继续减少。
The signal can be processed internally with buffering of up to 30 seconds, thereby making it possible to diminish pressure spikes in pipes.
信号可以加工国内高达30秒的缓冲，从而有可能会减少管道压力峰值。
If capital becomes less scarce, the excess yield will diminish, without its having become less productive--at least in the physical sense.
如果资本的稀缺性变得较少，超额收益就会减少，而它的生产性并没有减少——至少在实物意义上是如此。
It speaks of our interconnectedness and ability to openly share, affirming one another and resisting attempts to diminish others.
涉及到我们的之间的联系和公开分享的能力，肯定相互分享并抵制减少他人的企图。
The opposition are trying to diminish our achievements.
反对党企图贬低我们的成就。
And a collective effect of attempts to weaken currencies is to diminish confidence in fiat currencies as a whole.
尝试让本币贬值的集合效应，是会在总体上削弱对法币的信心。
Relying on wildlife, hunting, will prove disappointing as wildlife will soon diminish to the point of no results.
依赖于野生动物去捕猎会证明是令人失望的，因为野生动物将很快减少到找不到的程度。
The opposition is trying to diminish our achievements.
反对派企图贬低我们的成就。
But retailers caution that if the euro climbs sharply, some of that retail strength could diminish.
但奢侈品零售商提醒说，如果欧元急剧攀升，零售业的火爆程度可能会受到一定程度的削弱。
While it may be acceptable in email or in chat rooms, excessive colloquialism can diminish the quality of a formal written text.
虽然在邮件中或聊天室里使用口语表达可以接受，但是过度的口语用法会降低一篇正式的书面文本的质量。
When we commit those errors, we throw off the biblical balance, distort the true nature of God, and diminish His real glory.
当我们反了那些错误，我们就破坏了神之天平，扭曲了上帝的本质，贬损了他的伟大。
The ECB could "diminish rates without adding to inflationary risks in the medium term" , he said.
他表示，欧洲央行可能会“在不增加中期通胀风险的情况下调降利率”。
