lessen

英音[ ˈles(ə)n ] 美音[ ˈles(ə)n ]
减少
常用释义
v. (使)缩小,(使)减少

助记

less det.&pro.量更少
-en 动词后缀

扩展信息

减少
个人简历英文翻译词汇大全_百度文库 ... lengthen 延长 lessen 减少(生产成本) level 水平 ...
减轻
背单词的技巧_百度知道 ... intensive 仔细的,精细的 lessen 减少,减轻 lesson 功课 ...
缩小
缩_百度百科 ... 缩微书[ microbook] 缩小[ decrease;abate;lessen;reduce] 缩衣节食[ economize on food and clothing] ...
减少,减轻
L开头的英文_百度文库 ... less a. 更少的 lessen vt. 减少,减轻;缩小 lesson n. 功课,课;课程 ...
变小
职称英语考试大纲(B级) - 豆丁网 ... lengthen vt. 使伸长, 延长 lessen v. 变小(少) , 减少 lest conj . 唯恐, 免得 ...
缓和
爱英语 ... dip=decIlne ordecrease( 下降) ease=lessen( 减轻,缓和) end=terminate( 结束,中止) ...
变少
许国璋英语(第三册)单词表 - 豆丁网 ... stump n. 树桩 lessen vi. 变小;变少 branch n. 树枝 ...
减轻,减少
沪江博客 - O(∩_∩)O - 医学英语 ... v. 尝 \ lessen vt. 减轻,减少;缩小 \ sensation n. 感觉,知觉 \ ...

考试重点

四级
考频:近五年出现2次
vt. 减少 减轻 缩小 变小
考研
考频:近五年出现1次
v. (程度)减轻

例句

Use of these funds, giving more time to cut deficits, was intended to lessen the recessionary impact of trying to do so at once.

这些贷款资金让各国有更多时间来削减赤字,从而削弱立即减赤导致的衰退效果。

只有通过这样一个民主化与复兴之路才会真正减缓利比亚突出的持久分裂的国情。

But further safety measures, including head gear that would lessen the impact of any knock to the head, might be warranted, he said.

但将来可能会出现一些保护装置,比如可以用来减轻撞击对头部影响的头部装备,他说。

The finding suggests that it "doesn't make sense to take vitamin C 365 days a year to lessen the chance of catching a cold, " he said.

该发现说明,没有必要为了减少感冒可能性而一年365天每天服用维生素C,他说。

For some time all that Elinor could do was to soothe her sister's distress, lessen her alarms, and combat her resentment.

在若干时间内,埃莉诺只能抚慰妹妹的悲痛,缓和她的震惊,抑止她的愤懑。

"More could lessen or even undo" any benefits, he said, by overloading the muscles' receptors or otherwise skewing the body's response.

如果通过使肌肉的受体超负荷运转,任何对一点对身体的好处就会偏离。

A fiscal stimulus worth a total of around 1. 4% of GDP a year may lessen the pain, even if it is not big enough to end it.

每年相当于GDP1.4%的财政刺激即使不能大到足以结束危机,也该能减轻点痛苦吧。

My failures do not lessen my worth in God's sight. I matter so much to God that it warranted an all-out search to rescue me.

我的失败不会减低我在神眼中的价值,我对神来说是如此重要,以致祂必须彻底寻找我,拯救我。

是的,而且下一步可以是去测试你在社交中感到的舒适度的程度能否帮助你减少被拒绝的痛苦。

Wall said he wants to lessen his province's dependence on the U. S. , the destination for the bulk of Canada's resources.

沃尔说,他希望减少萨省对美国的依赖。美国是加拿大资源的主要目的地。

But one tech has found a few workarounds to lessen some of the aggravation.

我们的一位技术人员已经想出了一些规避措施来减轻这些烦扰。

在这个时候,你会想要找出避免失效或至少减轻严重度冲击的方法。

But, rather than leave so much of our fate to chance, we'd be better off doing what politicians always say they want to do: lessen the U.

但是,与其让我们自己的命运等待机会,我们还不如像政治家们所说的那样做:减少美国经济对石油的依赖。

实践证明,这一方法的应用大大减少计算工作量,提高财务人员的工作效率。

I do not desire to see it diminished, nor would I endeavor to lessen it in any man.

我并不希望它衰颓,也无意降低任何人的信仰。

随着银行增加可再生能源的投资,它希望能够逐渐减少对于主要靠碳发电的国家电网的依赖。

eg. He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born.

他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注,但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。

The true reason is, of course, to lessen the risk of a slump, when on his own estimate output is already 10 per cent below trend.

真实原因当然是为了降低衰退的风险,按照他自己的估计,目前产出已低于趋势水平10%。

撒切尔没有时间遵循常规了;凯恩斯主义的经济学家力劝她增加政府支出以缓解痛苦。

"If you're eating chips in front of the television, anything the school lunches are going to do is not going to lessen that, " he said.

“如果你看电视时吃薯片,学校午餐时做什么都没用,”他说。

When you think about sustainability , what comes to mind- global warming going green , doing your part lessen your carbon footprint ?

当你想到“可持续”这个词时,会有什么浮现于你的脑海之中呢?——全球变暖,绿色生活,在节能减排中贡献你的应尽之力?

尽管没有人认为未来几个月内世界经济危机会消失,但是在一定程度上的复苏是肯定的。

But if Jasper was off limits, that would lessen the time I could have with her.

但如果雅斯珀需要禁步,必然会减少我与艾丽丝相处的时间。

To create connecting elements between the top and bottom levels to lessen the impact of the embankment as a physical barrier in the city.

设计同时在顶部和底部的元素之间创造联系,以弱化它作为城市防御实体的堤坝的感觉。

But thinking of M&Ms did not reduce their appetite for cheese, and thinking of cheese did not lessen consumption of M&Ms.

但是,想着M&M并不能降低对乳酪的食欲,想着乳酪也不能降低对M&M的食欲。

So you can see that in spite of what the dark Ones direct at you, our response is more than adequate to lessen the affect.

因此你们可以了解到,尽管黑暗势力针对着你们,我们予以的回应更适合减轻这些影响。

本按摩器械是采用热疗原理起到减轻压力,减轻疲劳,缓解紧张,放松肌肉的作用。

But health campaigners fear that the details will lessen any impact theban might have.

但是推崇健康生活的人们担心,很多细节问题会削弱禁令的效果。

We have arrived at a point in time where the only way to lessen environmental problems is at an international level.

换言之,我们已经到了一个只有在全世界范围内才可以解决这个问题的地步。

In suggesting China should boost its imports, Mr. Zhu said such a policy would lessen pressure on China to allow its currency to strengthen.

朱民表示中国将增加进口,并说这样可减轻人民币升值的压力。

同义词

vi.
减少;减轻;变小

同根词(词根less)

less adj 较少的;较小的
less adv 较少地;较小地;更小地
less n 较少;较小
lessening n 减轻,减少;变小
less prep 减去
lessening v 减少;变小(lessen的ing形式)