abate
vt. 減少,減輕; [法]取消法令,作廢
vi. 減輕; 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.
他們繞過合恩角時,暴風雨已經減弱。
...a crime wave that shows no sign of abating.
絲毫沒有減弱跡象的犯罪勢頭
1. make less active or intense
2. become less in amount or intensity;
We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
我們必須消除我們城裡的噪音汙染.
The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
醫生給了他某種藥,以減弱那劇烈的疼痛.
The storm began to abate slightly.
風暴開始稍有所減弱.
But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.
但關於產業工會的爭執並未平息下來.
We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.
我們把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收斂.