abate

🇺🇸 /əˈbeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /əˈbeɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

To reduce or lessen something, like a problem or feeling.

We need to find ways to abate the noise from the construction site.

translation

v. To reduce or lessen something, like a problem or feeling.

Word Forms

3rd Present abates
Past abated
Perfect abated
Progressive abating

Synonyms

overturn v. 翻转, 推翻 deduct v. 扣除 abolish v. 废除 subtract v. 减去 deprive v. 剥夺 repeal n. 废除 diminish v. 减弱, 贬低 strip n. 条, 狭长地带, 队服, 脱衣舞表演, 商业街, 连环漫画 decrease v. 减少 reduce v. 减少, 浓缩, 减肥, 还原 cancel v. 取消, 作废, 抵制 subside vi. 逐渐减弱, 回落, 下沉 avoid v. 避免, 避开, 躲避

Antonyms

tack n. 处理方式, 迎风航向, 地毯钉, 图钉, 疏缝针脚, 马具 augment v. 增大 escalate v. 升级, 上报 intensify v. 加强 legislate v. 立法 enact v. 颁布, 扮演, 发生, 实施 expand v. 扩大, 扩张, 详述 found v. 创办, 创建, 基于, 铸造, 发现 add v. 添加, 相加, 补充说, 赋予特色 rise vi. 上升, 增加, 升起, 崛起, 站起, 散会, 提高音量, 风力增强, 变强, 脸红, 直立, 反抗, 高出, 向上倾斜, 开始流动, 变大, 复活 grow v. 变大, 长大, 生长, 变长, 逐渐产生, 逐渐开始, 进步, 发展 increase v. 增加 establish v. 建立, 建立关系, 确立地位, 确立信仰, 查明

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