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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   lessen

   • IPA[ˈles(ə)n]

   美式

   • v.
     make or become less; diminish

   • verb: lessen, 3rd person present: lessens, gerund or present participle: lessening, past tense: lessened, past participle: lessened

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become less; diminish the years have lessened the gap in age between us the warmth of the afternoon lessened 同義詞 reduce, make less, minimize, make smaller, decrease, ... 更多allay, assuage, alleviate, attenuate, palliate, ease, dull, deaden, blunt, take the edge off, moderate, mitigate, check, dampen, depress, soften, tone down, dilute, relax, mollify, temper, weaken, tame, erode, narrow, lower, discount, curtail, prune, pare down, truncate, informalslash, grow less, get less, grow smaller, decrease, diminish, decline, subside, abate, moderate, fade, die down/off, let up, ease off, tail off, drop, drop off/away, fall, dwindle, taper off, peter out, go/come down, shrink, contract, ebb, wane, erode, waste away, flag, attenuate, slacken, lighten, recede, relent, remit, desist, sink, slump, plummet, fall off a cliff, quieten, quiet, informalnosedive, diminish, lower, reduce, minimize, degrade, discredit, devalue, belittle, humble反義詞 increase, magnify, increase, grow, aggrandize, ... 更多make more important
3. • 更多解釋

   lessen

   • IPA[ˈlɛsn]

   英式

   • v.
     make or become less; diminish: the years have lessened the gap in age between us the warmth of the afternoon lessened

   Oxford Dictionary