decrease 音標拼音: [dɪkr'is] [d'ikr
, is]
vi . 減少,減小
vt . 減少,減小
n . 減少,減小
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decrease n 1 :
a change downward ; "
there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided "; "
there was a sharp drop -
off in sales " [
synonym : {
decrease }, {
lessening }, {
drop -
off }] [
ant :
{
increase }]
2 :
a process of becoming smaller or shorter [
synonym : {
decrease },
{
decrement }] [
ant : {
growth }, {
increase }, {
increment }]
3 :
the amount by which something decreases [
synonym : {
decrease },
{
decrement }] [
ant : {
increase }, {
increment }]
4 :
the act of decreasing or reducing something [
synonym : {
decrease },
{
diminution }, {
reduction }, {
step -
down }] [
ant : {
increase },
{
step -
up }]
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 :
make smaller ; "
He decreased his staff " [
synonym : {
decrease },
{
lessen }, {
minify }] [
ant : {
increase }]
Decrease \
De *
crease "\,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Decreased };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Decreasing }.] [
OE .
decrecen ,
fr .
OF .
decreistre ,
F .
d ['
e ]
cro [^
i ]
tre ,
or from the OF .
noun (
see {
Decrease },
n .),
fr .
L .
decrescere to grow less ;
de crescere to grow .
See {
Crescent },
and cf . {
Increase }.]
To grow less , --
opposed to increase ;
to be diminished gradually ,
in size ,
degree ,
number ,
duration ,
etc .,
or in strength ,
quality ,
or excellence ;
as ,
they days decrease in length from June to December .
[
1913 Webster ]
He must increase ,
but I must decrease . --
John iii .
30 .
Syn :
To {
Decrease }, {
Diminish }.
Usage :
Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees ,
and from within ,
or through some cause which is imperceptible ;
as ,
the flood decreases ;
the cold decreases ;
their affection has decreased .
Things commonly diminish by an influence from without ,
or one which is apparent ;
as ,
the army was diminished by disease ;
his property is diminishing through extravagance ;
their affection has diminished since their separation their separation .
The turn of thought ,
however ,
is often such that these words may be interchanged .
[
1913 Webster ]
The olive leaf ,
which certainly them told The flood decreased . --
Drayton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Crete '
s ample fields diminish to our eye ;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly .
--
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
Decrease \
De *
crease "\,
v .
t .
To cause to grow less ;
to diminish gradually ;
as ,
extravagance decreases one '
s means .
[
1913 Webster ]
That might decrease their present store . --
Prior .
[
1913 Webster ]
Decrease \
De *
crease "\,
n . [
OE .
decrees ,
OF .
decreis ,
fr .
decreistre .
See {
Decrease },
v .]
1 .
A becoming less ;
gradual diminution ;
decay ;
as ,
a decrease of revenue or of strength .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The wane of the moon . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
232 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decrease ":
abate ,
abatement ,
abbreviate ,
abbreviation ,
ablate ,
ablation ,
abrade ,
abridge ,
abstract ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
apportion ,
astriction ,
astringency ,
attrition ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
bottleneck ,
calibrate ,
calibrated ,
cervix ,
circumscribe ,
circumscription ,
clip ,
close ,
coarct ,
coarctation ,
compact ,
compactedness ,
compaction ,
compress ,
compression ,
compressure ,
concentrate ,
concentration ,
condensation ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
consolidation ,
constrict ,
constriction ,
constringe ,
constringency ,
consume ,
consume away ,
consumption ,
contract ,
contraction ,
contracture ,
corrode ,
count ,
cramp ,
crumble ,
curtail ,
curtailment ,
cut ,
cut back ,
cut down ,
cutting ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
escalate ,
de -
escalation ,
decline ,
decrement ,
deduct ,
deflate ,
deliquesce ,
deplete ,
depletion ,
depreciate ,
depreciation ,
depress ,
derogate ,
derogation ,
detract ,
detraction ,
die away ,
differentiate ,
diminish ,
diminuendo ,
diminution ,
dip ,
disparage ,
disparagement ,
dissipate ,
dissipation ,
dive ,
divide ,
downgrade ,
drain ,
draw ,
draw in ,
draw together ,
dribble away ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dwindle ,
dwindling ,
ease ,
ease off ,
ease up ,
eat away ,
ebb ,
erode ,
erosion ,
evaporation ,
exhaustion ,
expenditure ,
extract ,
extraction ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
falling off ,
file away ,
fix ,
gradational ,
grade ,
gradual ,
graduate ,
graduated ,
hierarchic ,
hourglass ,
hourglass figure ,
impair ,
impairment ,
impoverishment ,
increase ,
isthmus ,
knit ,
knitting ,
languish ,
leach ,
leakage ,
lessen ,
lessening ,
let up ,
lighten ,
lower ,
lowering ,
measure ,
melt away ,
mitigate ,
narrow ,
narrow place ,
narrowing ,
neck ,
number ,
parcel ,
pare ,
peter out ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
progressive ,
pucker ,
pucker up ,
puckering ,
purify ,
purse ,
pursing ,
quantify ,
quantize ,
rate ,
rebate ,
recede ,
reduce ,
reduction ,
refine ,
regular ,
remission ,
remove ,
retraction ,
retrench ,
retrenchment ,
roll back ,
rub away ,
run low ,
sag ,
scalar ,
scale down ,
shade off ,
shorten ,
shortening ,
shrink ,
shrinkage ,
shrinking ,
shrivel up ,
simplify ,
sink ,
slacken ,
slackening ,
solidification ,
solidify ,
squander ,
step down ,
strangle ,
stranglement ,
strangulate ,
strangulation ,
striction ,
stricture ,
subduct ,
subside ,
subsidence ,
subtract ,
systole ,
tail off ,
take away ,
take from ,
taper ,
taper off ,
thin ,
thin out ,
trim ,
truncation ,
tune down ,
using ,
using up ,
wane ,
wasp waist ,
wastage ,
waste ,
waste away ,
wear ,
wear away ,
wearing ,
wearing away ,
weed ,
withdraw ,
wrinkle ,
wrinkling
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