abating
v. 減少( abate的現在分詞 ); 減去; 降價; 撤消(訴訟)
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. decreasing in amount or intensity
The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating.
近來公眾對這個問題的焦慮心情現在也許正在緩和下來.
Instead of abating, the wind is blowing even harder.
風不但沒停,反而越刮越大了.
The war crisis seemed to be abating.
戰爭的緊張局勢看來在漸漸緩和了.
And the soaring worldwide demand for oil also seems to be abating.
世界範圍內高漲的石油需求將逐漸緩和.
Hundreds of significant quakes are occurring, and the pace is not abating.
數以百計的餘震正在發生, 勢頭未見減緩.