Diminish
[ dɪ'mɪnɪʃ ]
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vt. （使）减少，缩小;减弱…的权势;[乐]减半音;
vi. 变小或减少;逐渐变细;
💡 词根助记
di=de减少+min小+ish表动词→变小，减少
📝 例句
Several unpopular decisions diminished the governor's popularity.
几个不得人心的决定降低了州长的声望。
The medical expenses diminished his savings.
医疗费耗去了他的积蓄。
The opposition are trying to diminish our achievements.
反对党企图贬低我们的成就.
It did not operate to diminish the anti-Negro passions of the southern masses.
它没有起到减少南部群众反对黑人情绪的作用。
The illness has diminished her strength.
疾病损伤了她的元气。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ mini迷你→减小
※ di-apart,min-small小的,ish-后缀:使变小→缩小
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-min-表示“小”
📖 牛津释义
diminish
v[I, Tn]
1 (cause sth to) become smaller or less; decrease 变小; 变少; 使（某事物）变小; 使（某事物）变少; 缩小; 减少; 降低
His strength has diminished over the years. 经过这许多年月, 他的体力不如从前了.
Nothing could diminish her enthusiasm for the project. 什麽也不能影响她对这项计划的热忱.
diminishing hopes, supplies, funds 逐渐渺茫的希望、 渐渐用完的物资、 渐渐枯竭的资金.
2 (fig 比喻) make (sb/sth) seem less important than it really is; devalue 减低（某人[某事物]的重要性; 贬低
The opposition are trying to diminish our achievements. 反对党企图贬低我们的成就.
3 (music 音) decrease (an interval) by a semitone 将（音程）减半音
a diminished seventh 减七度.
🎯 考研助记
地没了水(谐音): 减少 di(分开)+mini(小)+sh(化):本来很小的东西分开- 减少 缩小
🔁 扩展释义
*[di'miniʃ]vt. (使)减少, (使)变小vi. (使)减少, (使)变小
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📖 同为「博士」词汇
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Excuse me. Are the hourse-drawn streetcars free?
对不起，这些马车是免费乘坐的吗？
But some people don't want good farmland to be built on.
但有些人不愿意把好的农田用来建造厂房。
I'd like to come and cover the walls with some bright paintings.
我愿意给墙上画几幅色彩鲜艳的画。