diminish

1 Weary though she was of the work, her room seemed diminished with it gone.

2 One day he darkened the diminishing bruise with a bit of purple crayon.

3 They will stride forward, hands outstretched, girls from high school bloated or diminished, skins crinkled, frowns permanent, smooth-fleshed boyfriends of thirty years ago who’ve gone bald or grown mustaches or shrunk.

4 Now, when I am no longer young, when my hair is fast growing gray, when strength begins to diminish, now I am beginning again like a child.

5 His efforts to arrange a match at Belmont had not only fallen through, they had greatly diminished his chances of ever securing a meeting between the two horses.

6 But of course he was right, and by the time I came to womanhood even I had to acknowledge that his prestige was much diminished.

7 I have always thought that a wild animal never looks so well as when some obstacle of pronounced durability is between us; a personal experience has intensified rather than diminished that idea.

8 You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads.

9 He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.

他再也无法承受，他依赖我，却因此觉得是受了轻贱。

10 There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery.

11 The ice was somewhat diminished, but still stood in blocks and shards all about the vault.

12 As relationships between family and friends become strained or false, not only are people’s understandings of one another diminished, but, because people are social, they themselves are diminished as well.

13 This fact, and the careful, solitary placement of the kiva in the center of the mission complex courtyards, suggests an intention to highlight the importance of the kiva rather than to diminish it.

这一事实，以及将（普埃布洛印第安人庆祝用的）地下礼堂小心翼翼地单独放置在传教士建筑群庭院的中心，表明了突出这个地下礼堂的重要性，而不是贬低它的意图。

14 The weight of his steel seemed to hardly diminish the grace and quickness with which Ser Loras moved, his rainbow cloak swirling about him.

15 As the population of the ghetto continued to diminish, officials began to reorganize those of us remaining.

16 This should help diminish the influence of trolls somewhat.

这在一定程度上有助于减少恶意帖的影响。

17 “She is very old. Her sight is somewhat diminished. But she can still be used as a resource.”

18 Slenderly, languidly, their hands set lightly on their hips the two young women preceded us out onto a rosy-colored porch open toward the sunset where four candles flickered on the table in the diminished wind.

19 Some chess players felt that it was an insult to proclaim Fischer the greatest American player at seventeen, and thereby diminish the reputation of Reshevsky at fifty.

20 "This was only a few years ago. What if those impulses have grown with her, rather than diminished?"

1 贬损

unflattering pejorative slagging demean undersell derogate slag off

2 渐减的

wasting

3 减少

caducous reduced reductive away fall cut decrease reduction slash drop-off shrinkage attrition abatement drawdown cutback letdown diminution decrement lessening letup wind-down reduce lower shrink shorten detract abate lose save discount dock lessen whittle attenuate bate attrite subtract from thin down drop away cut into cut down on make a dent in pare down curtailment let-up cut-back minus drop chill curtail ebb dwindle let up take away from depression erosion dilution rundown fallback pullback downshift fall-off fallaway decline ease drain Trim dip slack dilute subtract axe deplete remit wane cannibalize retrench run low waning sagging Down improvement contraction downgrade falling-off improve contract slow narrow dull weaken sag falter compromise slacken whittle down shave off smooth over fallen loss modification dockage falloff decay Peter qualify alleviate rebate deflate pare allay extenuate take from dull the edge of shed chop shave de-escalate smooth thin relax fall off fall away depleted shrunken squeeze moderation depletion slippage clip trim counteract depress foreshorten ease off go down cut back drop off cut down step down ease up draw down slim down low down remission sink buffer lighten lop off whittle away bring down fall back scale down downturn slowdown downswing slide slice erode shrivel slack off roll back subtractive peaked waney off attenuation peak ramp languish downhold down-point limit shake relieve impair soothe dampen emaciate minish falling off lapse knockdown step-down take descend deduct recede fritter break alloy whack scant gear down bring low

4 减弱

attenuated down let-up sink weaken dim lessen blunt mute sag subside dampen wane lull waver abate attenuate relent deaden damp down drop away blow itself out let up take away from burn down on the wane take the edge off

5 缩小

reduced coarctate shrinkage diminution coarctation reduce contract shorten narrow shrink lessen minify wizened contraction dwindle cameo loss Peter razee in little foreshortened reduction condense scale back miniature imperfect contracted peaked peak neck recede belittle deescalate minish decrease sag cutback retrenchment abridgment cutdown fritter demagnify curtail abridge retrench

6 缩减

reduction austerity drawdown diminution narrow deplete curtail pare slenderize low cut-down cut cutback retrench whittle down trim down cut back abbreviated reductive rundown thin scale back scrimp scrimpy impansion contraction trim squeeze take in a reef

7 损伤

traumatic detrimental scathing hurt lesion detriment break damage harm disable prejudice mar snag blemish botch scathe

8 减小

decrease diminution abate let up reduction depletion reduce dwindle damp down die down attrition recede attenuate narrow down

9 递减

decrement degression taper

10 削弱

erosion dilution weakening emasculation break reduce nibble weaken sap dilute impair dent mute erode undercut emasculate attrition diminution corrode shatter whittle mortify emaciate bate unknit

11 减

diminished

12 渐减

wasting decreasingly

13 贬低

detraction degrade detract depreciate belittle denigrate disparage cheapen derogate derogatory disparaging deprecating uncomplimentary belittling devaluation disparagement minimize devalue debase cry down depreciation derogation obloquy trash humble downgrade downplay decry impeach degrading demean talk down run down take away from detract from play down relegate undersell do down detractory detractive poorly misprision disvalue diss vilipend lower damn signify lessen rubbish demolish vilify deprecate dis abase downrate bemean do a number on

14 变少

diminution decline taper lessen tail away thin drop away bate

15 降低

downward decrease reduction slippage reduce lower dilute take away from drop slide depression dilution pullback diminution write-down fallaway fall decline dip debase play down cut falling-off drain sink compromise alloy lessen degrade depress dwindle attenuate go down come down bring down put down fall off step down down fall-off lose ease minimize chop downgrade muffle whittle away roll back fall back let down derogatory degradation lowering drawdown derogation Leblang descend deteriorate recede damp dampen deflate deaden disrate

16 减低

cut drop reducing sink

17 轻视

disdainful sniffy slight underestimate undervalue depreciate disparage trivialize sell short sell yourself short look down on make light of

18 变小

diminution decline taper wane tail away decrease reduce smooth shrink thin chip away dwarf lessen attenuate micrify

19 减除

out derogation