abate
abate 英 [əˈbeɪt] 美 [əˈbet]
vt. 减轻；减少；废除 vi. 减轻；失效
进行时:abating 过去式:abated 过去分词:abated 第三人称单数:abates 名词复数:abates
- Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow.
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- vt. 减轻；减少；废除
- vi. 减轻；失效
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1. In this phase, the shouts and histrionics will abate somewhat.
在这个阶段，大呼小叫和装腔作势都将减少。
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2. Some see commodities in general, and gold in particular, as a hedge against inflation, and so may sell if their fears about rising prices abate.
有些人把一般商品看作常规的，而把黄金看作特殊的，作为对冲通胀（的商品），当他们对于物价上升的顾虑减轻后，就会出售。
- abate (v.) c. 1300, "put an end to" (transitive); early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence" (intransitive); from Old French abatre "beat down, cast down, strike down; fell, destroy; abolish; reduce, lower" (Modern French abattre), from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). The French literal sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.
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