记忆方法
双解例句
小知识
To lessen is to make smaller, to reduce, or to weaken. A high school football coach might try to lessen head injuries by improving the quality of the team's helmets.
If your cold symptoms lessen, it means you're sneezing and coughing much less and can probably go to school. If the value of your Pez collection lessens, it means those plastic candy dispensers can't be sold for quite as much money on eBay. And your friend might recommend that you take a yoga class or learn to meditate, especially if she thinks you should lessen your stress and anxiety.
实用短语
单词用法
decrease:指逐渐地、不断地减少。
diminish:侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
lessen:普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
reduce:普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
dwindle:与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
同义词辨析
同义词
soothe / quell / underestimate / extenuate / allay / modify / temper / softpedal / ease / relieve / palliate / moderate / mollify / assuage / appease / lighten / alleviate
reduce / constrict / narrow / condense / clip / contract / abbreviate / minify / shrink / truncate / shorten / cut / curtail / short / retrench / pare / abridge
同根词
词根:less
adj.less较少的;较小的
adv.less较少地;较小地;更小地
n.less较少;较小
lessening减轻,减少;变小
prep.less减去
v.lessening减少;变小(lessen的ing形式)