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单词拼写：
lessen
音标发音：
[ˈles(ə)n][ˈles(ə)n]
词性词义：
vi.减少；减轻；变小
速记技巧：
词源记忆法
拆：
less，较小，-en，使。
记：
引申词义减轻。
英英释义：
Verb:
1.decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester" "The cabin pressure fell dramatically" "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds" "his voice fell to a whisper"2.make smaller; "He decreased his staff"3.wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
记忆技巧：
less det.&pro.量更少 + -en 动词后缀
同义词辨析：
decrease diminish lessen reduce【导航词义：减少，降低】
decreasev.（使）减少，（使）变小
〔辨析〕
指变少或降低水平。
〔例证〕
The local government has adopted effective measures to decrease unemployment.
当地政府已经采取有效措施减少失业人数。
Her temperature decreased.
她的体温下降了。
diminishv.（使）减小，（使）降低
〔辨析〕
指大小、数量不断减小，也可引申为贬低某事物的重要性或价值。
〔例证〕
The company planned to diminish the cost of production.
公司计划减少生产成本。
Water in the pond gradually diminished due to lack of rainfall.
由于缺少降雨，池塘里的水逐渐减少。
His comments were only said to diminish the importance of her discoveries.
他的评论就是为了贬低她的发现的重要性。
lessenv.（使）变小，（使）减少
〔辨析〕
指程度、规模等减少，也可指降低某事物的可能性、影响等。
〔例证〕
Her anxiety lessened while listening to the music.
听音乐的时候，她的焦虑减轻了。
Exercise lessens the risk of heart disease.
进行锻炼可降低患心脏病的风险。
The program has lessened the effects of car pollution.
该计划降低了汽车污染的影响。
reducev.减少，减小
〔辨析〕
指降低价格、数量、规模等。
〔例证〕
We should take measures to reduce the price.
我们应该采取各种措施来降低物价。
A plan to reduce crime was announced recently.
最近宣布了一项降低犯罪率的计划。
双语例句：
1.Use of these funds, giving more time to cut deficits, was intended to lessen the recessionary impact of trying to do so at once.
这些贷款资金让各国有更多时间来削减赤字，从而削弱立即减赤导致的衰退效果。
2.It is only such a process of democratization and reconstruction that would truly lessen the salience of Libya's enduring divisions.
只有通过这样一个民主化与复兴之路才会真正减缓利比亚突出的持久分裂的国情。
3.But further safety measures, including head gear that would lessen the impact of any knock to the head, might be warranted, he said.
但将来可能会出现一些保护装置，比如可以用来减轻撞击对头部影响的头部装备，他说。
4.The finding suggests that it "doesn't make sense to take vitamin C 365 days a year to lessen the chance of catching a cold, " he said.
该发现说明，没有必要为了减少感冒可能性而一年365天每天服用维生素C，他说。
5.For some time all that Elinor could do was to soothe her sister's distress, lessen her alarms, and combat her resentment.
在若干时间内，埃莉诺只能抚慰妹妹的悲痛，缓和她的震惊，抑止她的愤懑。
6."More could lessen or even undo" any benefits, he said, by overloading the muscles' receptors or otherwise skewing the body's response.
如果通过使肌肉的受体超负荷运转，任何对一点对身体的好处就会偏离。
7.A fiscal stimulus worth a total of around 1. 4% of GDP a year may lessen the pain, even if it is not big enough to end it.
每年相当于GDP1.4%的财政刺激即使不能大到足以结束危机，也该能减轻点痛苦吧。
8.My failures do not lessen my worth in God's sight. I matter so much to God that it warranted an all-out search to rescue me.
我的失败不会减低我在神眼中的价值，我对神来说是如此重要，以致祂必须彻底寻找我，拯救我。
9.Yeah. And the next step might be to test whether the extent to which you feel comfortable socially helps lessen the pain of rejection.
是的，而且下一步可以是去测试你在社交中感到的舒适度的程度能否帮助你减少被拒绝的痛苦。
10.Wall said he wants to lessen his province's dependence on the U. S. , the destination for the bulk of Canada's resources.
沃尔说，他希望减少萨省对美国的依赖。美国是加拿大资源的主要目的地。
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