abate
vt. 减少,减轻; [法]取消法令,作废
vi. 减轻; 失效
If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他们绕过合恩角时,暴风雨已经减弱。
...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
丝毫没有减弱迹象的犯罪势头
1. make less active or intense
2. become less in amount or intensity;
We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染.
The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛.
The storm began to abate slightly.
风暴开始稍有所减弱.
But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.
但关于产业工会的争执并未平息下来.
We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.
我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛.