decreasing 音標拼音: [dɪkr'isɪŋ] [d'ikr
, isɪŋ]
adj . 減少的
減少的
decreasing 遞減
decreasing adj 1 :
becoming less or smaller [
ant : {
increasing }]
2 :
music [
ant : {
increasing }]
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
The olive leaf ,
which certainly them told The flood decreased . --
Drayton .
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Crete '
s ample fields diminish to our eye ;
Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly .
--
Pope .
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1913 Webster ]
Decreasing \
De *
creas "
ing \,
a .
Becoming less and less ;
diminishing . -- {
De *
creas "
ing *
ly },
adv .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Decreasing series } (
Math .),
a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term .
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1913 Webster ]
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