diminution

英 [ˌdɪmɪˈnjuːʃn]

美 [ˌdɪmɪˈnuːʃn]

n.  减少; 缩减; 降低; 缩小; 缩小量; 减少量

复数：diminutions　

GRE医学

BNC.15347 / COCA.21683

牛津词典

noun

• 减少；缩减；降低
  the act of reducing sth or of being reduced
  1. the diminution of political power
     政权的削弱
• 缩小；减少；缩小量；减少量
  a reduction; an amount reduced
  1. a diminution in population growth
     人口增长幅度的缩小

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 减小;减弱;降低
  Adiminutionof something is its reduction in size, importance, or intensity.
  1. The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.
     总统已经接受了对自己原本要求的权力进行削减。
  2. ...despite a slight diminution in asset value.
     尽管资产价值略有减少

英英释义

noun

• the act of decreasing or reducing something
  Synonym:decreasereductionstep-down
• the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
• change toward something smaller or lower
  Synonym:decline

双语例句

• Children with and without fever in the acetaminophen group showed similar diminution of antibody response.
  在对乙酰氨基酚组发烧和没有发烧的孩子显示类似的抗体反应。
• The beef industry is only this year recovering from the commodity price spikes of 2007 and 2008 – events that led to a dramatic diminution of the number of cattle raised for slaughter.
  牛肉业直到今年才从2007年和2008年的大宗商品价格飙升中恢复过来。当年的价格飙升曾导致供宰杀的生牛数量大幅减少。
• Any local diminution of blood supply will delay or prevent healing.
  任何局部供血的减少将延迟或阻碍愈合。
• This loss of control has not been matched by any corresponding diminution of responsibility.
  这种控制权的丧失却没有伴随责任的相应减少。
• The amount lost by gradual diminution or waste.
  消耗量逐渐损耗或浪费而失去的量。
• It is but just to add that he had forgotten to include in his calculations the forced repose of Sundays and festival days during nineteen years, which entailed a diminution of about eighty francs.
  还应当指出，十九年中，礼拜日和节日的强迫休息大致要使他少赚二十四个法郎，他还忘了把那个数目加入他的账目。
• They would point, too, to a diminution in the frequency of global financial crises this decade.
  他们还会指出，这十年中全球金融危机的发生频率在降低。
• Its troubles in the mid-70s were not produced by any diminution or disappearance of this essential economic advantage.
  它在70年代中期的问题并不是由于这种基本的经济优势的弱化或消失。
• The president has accepted a diminution of the powers he originally wanted.
  总统已经接受了对自己原本要求的权力进行削减。
• And even technological progress only happens when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human liberty.
  甚至技术进步也只有在其产品能够在某种方式上用于减少人类自由时才能达到。