lessening

1. V-ERG （使）缩小；（使）减少；（使）减轻
   If something lessens or you lessen it, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.
   1. He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
      他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注，但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。
   2. Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
      要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。

1. As such, a lessening of fed support for the economy was viewed as both premature and disruptive.
   因此，美联储对经济的支持力度缩减被视为操之过急，具有破坏性。
2. I think this notion that somehow there is any lessening of that special relationship is misguided.
   我认为，有关这种特殊关系减弱的提法多少是被误导了。
3. But why your sudden interest in lessening your salt intake?
   但你为什么突然想减少盐的摄取量？
4. Only "changed" information is sent across the network and passed through extensive transformation processes, thus lessening the burden on the network and systems performing manipulation.
   仅通过网络发送“更改的”信息，并对其进行进一步的转换处理，从而减少了网络和执行相关操作的系统的负担。
5. The finding could also lead to drugs tailored to attack specific types of cancer, thereby lessening our dependence on tissue-destroying chemotherapy and radiation.
   这一发现还能带来专治特定类型癌症的药物，并因此减轻我们对于会破坏组织的化疗和辐射的依赖。
6. This is the price society and the financial system pays for lessening risks and promoting stability.
   这是社会和金融体系为降低风险、提升稳定性所付出的代价。
7. That divergence may be lessening, however.
   然而，二者之间的差异可能正在缩小。
8. Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.
   通过减少张力或强度使变松。
9. I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.
   我猜想关于这国家，的论证强度没有减少。
10. Wildlife's dwelling places are gradually lessening.
    野生动物们的居住地正在逐渐减少。
11. What we do register more and more is the gradually lessening of fear where we are concerned.
    我们越来越多印象深刻的是逐步的“恐惧”的学习，这是我们关注的问题。
12. But, a big step toward lessening the federal debt burden has just been taken.
    然而，华盛顿刚刚朝着减轻联邦债务负担迈出了一大步。
13. The action of lessening in severity or intensity.
    严肃或紧张减少的行为。
14. The Research on the State-owned Shares Lessening Based on Full Circulation of Stock
    基于全流通的国有股减持方案研究
15. The lessening of inflammation in the gut wall of animals fed low levels of antibiotics probably promotes nutrient uptake and could account for the more efficient utilization of feed observed.
    喂食低剂量抗生素的动物的肠道发炎减少，这可能会促进营养成分的吸收，这说明了已观察到的饲料利用率更高现象。
16. The VSA/ VSC drives have efficient starts and stops, which eliminate the risk of water hammer and other damage, lessening the need for expensive motor-controlled valves, Emotron says.
    Emotron公司说，VSA/VSC驱动器能够有效的开始和停止，减少了水的冲力和其他的损害的危险系数，这就缓解了对于昂贵的马达控制阀的需求。
17. Large, operable windows of high-efficiency glass provide cross-ventilation cooling, lessening the house's need for air-conditioning.
    大型，高效率的可操作的窗户玻璃提供跨通风降温，减轻家里的空气调节系统的需要。
18. A lessening of his power.
    他手中权力的减小。
19. He said the combination of a weak dollar and yen with higher commodity currencies despite muted performances by oil and gold depicted a clear lessening of risk aversion.
    他表示，疲软的美元与日元，加之走高的大宗商品国家货币尽管石油和黄金价格平平描绘出了一幅风险厌恶明显减轻的景况。
20. A part of the year marked by a cessation or lessening of normal activity, as of a business.
    淡季一年中的一段时间。其显著特点是正常的活动，如商业活动停止或减少了。
21. Primary Closure of Severe Open Hypertension wound with Meshed Relaxation Incisions the action of lessening in severity or intensity.
    网状减张小切口一期关闭皮肤高张力创口的探讨严肃或紧张减少的行为。
22. Applying of Convertible Bond on Lessening of State-owned Share Holding
    可转换债券在国有股减持中的应用
23. I would like to advance the following suggestions for lessening air pollution.
    对于缓解空气污染，我提出如下的建议。
24. An important way to reduce NCDs is to focus on lessening the risk factors associated with these diseases.
    减少非传染性疾病的一个重要方式就是将重点放在减少与这些疾病有关的危险因素方面。
25. But there are signs that the risk off tendency of the dollar is lessening.
    然而有迹象显示，通过美元规避风险的趋势正在减弱。
26. This is creating the lessening of the magnetic grid.
    这造成了磁力栅格的变小。
27. The internal auditing department's lack of independence will result in the lessening of its authority.
    内部审计部门的独立性不强，影响其工作的权威性；
28. A violation can occur even if there is no lessening of competition between the acquiring and the acquired firm.
    即使没有削弱兼并和被兼并厂商之间的竞争，也可能构成触犯法令。
29. Those members considered that this situation resulted in a lessening of the security and predictability of access to the Chinese market.
    这些成员认为，这一情况降低了中国市场准入的安全性和可预见性。

noun

1. a change downward
   1. there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
   2. there was a sharp drop-off in sales

   Synonym:    decreasedrop-off