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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   diminish

   • IPA[dəˈminiSH]

   美式

   • v.
     make or become less；make (someone or something) seem less impressive or valuable

   • verb: diminish, 3rd person present: diminishes, gerund or present participle: diminishing, past tense: diminished, past participle: diminished

2. • 釋義
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   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become less a tax whose purpose is to diminish spending the pain will gradually diminish 同義詞 decrease, decline, reduce, lessen, shrink, ... 更多contract, grow smaller, fall off, drop off, slacken off, fall, drop, sink, slump, plummet, plunge, fall off a cliff, informalhit the floor, go through the floor, go downhill, reduce, curtail, cut, cut down, cut back, prune, pare down, lessen, lower, decrease, shrink, contract, narrow, constrict, restrict, limit, curb, check, blunt, weaken, make weaker, erode, undermine, sap, subside, wane, abate, dwindle, fade, decline, slacken, moderate, ebb, recede, die away, die down, die out, peter out, tail off, cool off, let up, fizzle out, settle down, come to an end, archaicremit反義詞 increase, increase, flare up, get worse
   • ▪ make (someone or something) seem less impressive or valuable the trial has aged and diminished him 同義詞 belittle, disparage, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, ... 更多devalue, demean, decry, cast aspersions on, speak ill of, speak badly of, run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur, informalbad-mouth, pull to pieces, pull apart, sling mud at, do a hatchet job on, rubbish, slate, slag off, have a go at, rareasperse, derogate, vilipend, vituperate反義詞 boost

   diminished

   • adj.
     made smaller or less: we can expect a diminished role on the world stage as other countries rise to the occasion

   Oxford American Dictionary

   diminished

   • adj.
     made smaller or less: we can expect a diminished role on the world stage as other countries rise to the occasion

   Oxford Dictionary

   diminished seventh

   • n.
     the interval which is a semitone less than a minor seventh, e.g. from A to G flat (which in ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   diminished seventh

   • n.
     the interval which is a semitone less than a minor seventh, e.g. from A to G flat (which in ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   diminished responsibility

   • n.
     an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and ... he has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

   Oxford Dictionary

   diminished responsibility

   • n.
     an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and ... he has admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility

   Oxford American Dictionary

   diminished capacity

   • n.
     an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and ... PTSD may be used to argue for diminished capacity as a mitigating factor at sentencing

   Oxford American Dictionary

   diminished capacity

   • n.
     an unbalanced mental state that is considered to make a person less answerable for a crime and ... PTSD may be used to argue for diminished capacity as a mitigating factor at sentencing

   Oxford Dictionary

   片語

   • diminishing returns
   • the law of diminishing returns
3. • 更多解釋

   diminish

   • IPA[dɪˈmɪnɪʃ]

   英式

   • v.
     make or become less: the new law is expected to diminish the government's chances the pain will gradually diminish

   Oxford Dictionary