及物动词（使）减少，缩小; 减弱…的权势; [乐]减半音
不及物动词变小或减少; 逐渐变细
1. 减少：不仅从大脑到脊髓(spinalcord)各个部位的神经细胞在减少(diminish),而且那些残留的细胞以更低的频率(rate)产生动力,使得年老动物的反应(reaction)速度减缓.
2. 降低、缩小、(使)变小：minimum 最小 | diminish 降低、缩小、(使)变小 | minor 次要的
3. 减少,降低：miniature 缩微模型,雏形 | diminish 减少,降低 | minor 次要的
4. 减少,缩小：dilute#稀释;冲淡 | diminish#减少;缩小 | disallow#不允;拒绝
1. （使）减小;（使）减弱;（使）降低
When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
e.g. The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
核战争的威胁已经减小了。
e.g. Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state...
联邦制旨在削弱中央政府的权力。
2. 贬低;轻视
If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
e.g. He never put her down or diminished her...
他从未奚落或贬低过她。
e.g. He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.
他再也无法承受，他依赖我，却因此觉得是受了轻贱。
1. Reeves saw his career diminish when audiences couldn't imagine him without a cape and costume.
2. diminish
2. The official's remarks appeared to diminish Tuesday's claim by President Jalal Talabani that Saddam confessed to killings and other " crimes " committed during his rule.
3. The commercial exploitation of the cultural heritage properties can threaten the integrity and diminish the authenticity of them.
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4. The report said the negative impacts will diminish after construction is complete.
5. The title as a compliment for good looks is bound to diminish in effectiveness if it turns into mainstream usage.
6. diminish
6. The rising savings rate and a corresponding decline in consumption rate in the US are structural factors that will diminish our external demand in future.
7. Chinese songwriters are enraged over a draft amendment to the copyright law as they believe it would diminish their professional rights if passed.
8. Huang says unification of corporate income tax rates will not diminish the attractiveness of the GDD.
9. As newspaper circulation and revenues from print sales and advertising decline, the value of subsidies structured around these increasingly outdated definitions will diminish.
10. The Justice Ministry's committee for treatment and custody deliberation ordered Monday the offender to undergo drug treatment designed to diminish sexual urges.
verb
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
e.g. The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester
The cabin pressure fell dramatically
her weight fell to under a hundred pounds
his voice fell to a whisper
2. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of
e.g. don't belittle your colleagues
Synonym: belittle