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diminish vt.減少,減低 (opp. increase);【建筑...

diminishing returns

And what happened today does nothing to diminish it 今天發生的悲劇決不會削弱它。

Freshwater getting scarcer with diminishing wetlands 濕地日益減少淡水愈見珍稀

His strength has diminished over the years 經過這許多年月,他的體力不如從前了。

Diminish your wants instead of increasing your needs 增加需求,不如減少欲求。

The long war greatly diminish the country ' s wealth 長期的戰爭使這國的財富劇減。

The supply of oil has diminished because of the war 由于戰爭石油的供應減少了。

His strength has diminished over the years 經過這許多年月,他的體力不如從前了

If forced to choose between two vices, luxury and sloth, david hume would have preferred luxury, because to banish it without curing sloth would only diminish industry . 如果被迫在奢侈和懶惰兩害中取其一,大衛休謨會選擇奢侈,因為禁止奢侈而不消除懶惰,只會減少勤奮。

In this way the areas of the polygons thus formed gradually approach to the area of the circle, the difference diminishing step by step . 按這種方法,這樣形成的多邊形的面積逐漸趨近于圓的面積,兩者的差別一步步地縮小。

The doctrine did much to stimulate discipline and ethics in reporting and to diminish wild and fictionalized stories . 這種理論在促進報道的紀律和道德上以及減少夸張和虛構上還是很起作用的。

As this approach reached the point of diminishing returns, new methods of studying the subsurface were needed . 當該方法到達收益遞減點時,不得不求助于研究地下地層的新方法。

Any “frivolous“ uses would detract from this important role and diminish the drug's reputation . 任何“輕浮”的用法都將偏離這一重要的作用,降低這種藥的信譽。

The scarcity of a dear year, by diminishing the demand for labour, tends to lower its price . 物價昂貴年度的荒歉,由于減少了勞動需求,因而會降低勞動的價格。

He had diminished the distance rapidly, but not so rapidly as to come up with monseigneur on the road . 他曾經趕快減少這距離,但是在路上總趕不上爵爺。

For a target of any thinkness, the undeflected flux diminishes exponentially with thickness . 對具有任意厚度的靶,無偏折的通量隨厚度呈指數規律而衰減。

Only uniform distribution of the expeditions will significantly diminish the risk of bad weather . 只有將考察隊分開才會大大消除惡劣天氣的嚴重影響。

But the cessation of his hostility for pen did not diminish huxter's attentions to fanny . 但是對小潘的仇視的消釋,并沒有減少赫克斯特對芬妮的關心。

Stiff fines or jail terms for persons offering or accepting bribes diminish their incomes . 對行賄或受賄的人罰以重金或給予監禁,能減少他們的收入。

Its corrupting effects can be diminished to an arbitrarily small degree by the use of redundancy . 使用冗余可以使其訛誤影響減縮到任意小的程度。