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diminish    音标拼音: [dɪm'ɪnɪʃ]
vt.
vi. (使)减少,(使)变小

(使)减少,(使)变小

diminish
v 1: decrease in size, extent, or range; "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" [synonym:
{decrease}, {diminish}, {lessen}, {fall}] [ant: {increase}]
2: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't
belittle your colleagues" [synonym: {diminish}, {belittle}]

Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Diminished}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Diminishing}.] [Pref. di- (= L. dis-) minish: cf.
L. diminuere, F. diminuer, OE. diminuen. See {Dis-}, and
{Minish}.]
1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or
amount; to lessen; -- opposed to {augment} or {increase}.
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Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt.
--Barrow.
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2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to
degrade; to abase; to weaken.
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This doth nothing diminish their opinion. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
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I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule
over the nations. --Ezek. xxix.
15.
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O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars
Hide their diminished heads. --Milton.
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3. (Mus.) To make smaller by a half step; to make (an
interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
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4. To take away; to subtract.
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Neither shall ye diminish aught from it. --Deut. iv.
2.
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{Diminished column}, one whose upper diameter is less than
the lower.

{Diminished scale}, or {Diminishing scale}, a scale of
gradation used in finding the different points for drawing
the spiral curve of the volute. --Gwilt.

{Diminishing rule} (Arch.), a board cut with a concave edge,
for fixing the entasis and curvature of a shaft.

{Diminishing stile} (Arch.), a stile which is narrower in one
part than in another, as in many glazed doors.

Syn: To decrease; lessen; abate; reduce; contract; curtail;
impair; degrade. See {Decrease}.
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Diminish \Di*min"ish\, v. i.
To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the
apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.
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249 Moby Thesaurus words for "diminish":
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, ablate, abrade, abridge, abstract,
abuse, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow for, alter, anesthetize,
appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate,
be eaten away, belittle, benumb, blunt, boil down, box in,
bring down, bring low, chasten, cheapen, circumscribe, clip, close,
color, compress, condense, condition, confine, constrain,
constrict, consume, consume away, contract, control, corrode, crop,
crumble, crush, curtail, cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, damp,
dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, debase, decline,
decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deliquesce, demean, deprecate,
depreciate, depress, derogate, desiccate, detract, detract from,
devalue, die away, die out, discredit, dismiss, disparage,
dispraise, dive, dock, downgrade, downplay, drain, draw in,
drift away, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dull, dump, dump on,
dwindle, ease, ease matters, ease off, eat away, ebb, erode,
extenuate, extract, fade, fade away, fall, fall away, fall off,
file away, flag, foment, give relief, gloss over, go, go away,
go in, hedge, hedge about, humiliate, ignore, impair,
keep within bounds, languish, lay, leach, leaven, lenify, lessen,
let up, lighten, limit, lop, lower, lull, make allowance for,
melt away, mince, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, modify,
modulate, mollify, move away, move off, narrow, numb, obtund, pad,
palliate, pare, peter out, pine, play down, plummet, plunge,
poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, prune, pull away, purify,
put down, qualify, recede, reduce, reduce the temperature, refine,
regulate by, reject, relieve, remove, restrain, restrict, retire,
retreat, retrench, retrocede, roll back, rub away, run low, sag,
salve, scale down, sear, season, set conditions, set down,
set limits, shorten, shrink, shrivel, simplify, sink, slacken,
slake, slow down, slur over, smother, snape, sober, sober down,
soft-pedal, soften, soothe, stand off, step down, stifle, straiten,
stupe, subduct, subdue, subside, subtract, suppress, tail off,
take away, take down, take from, tame, taper, taper off, temper,
thin, thin out, tone down, trip up, truncate, tune down, underplay,
varnish, vitiate, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away,
weed, whitewash, widen the distance, wilt, wind down, withdraw,
wither, wizen, write off


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