decrease
decrease 英 [dɪˈkri:s] 美 [dɪˈkris]
n. 减少，减小；减少量 v. 减少，减小
进行时:decreasing 过去式:decreased 过去分词:decreased 第三人称单数:decreases 名词复数:decreases
- Decrease means to lower or go down. If you are driving above the speed limit, you should decrease your speed or risk getting a ticket. Students always want teachers to decrease the amount of homework.
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- n. 减少，减小；减少量
- v. 减少，减小
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1. a decreasing population
逐渐减少的人口
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2. he number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.
今年新生人数从 210 减少到 160。
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3. The price of wheat has decreased by 5%.
小麦价格降低了 5%。
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4. his species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.
这种鸟的数量在逐年减少。
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5. a decrease of nearly 6% in the number of visitors to the museum
参观博物馆人数下降将近 6%
- decrease (n.) late 14c., "detriment, harm;" early 15c. as "a becoming less or smaller," from Anglo-French decres; see decrease (v.).
- decrease (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French decreiss-, present participle stem of decreistre, Old French descroistre (12c., Modern French décroître), from Latin decrescere "to grow less, diminish," from de- "away from" (see de-) + crescere "to grow" (from PIE root *ker- (2) "to grow"). Related: Decreased; decreasing.
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