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attenuate

v.削弱

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attenuate为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:attenuation 动词过去式:attenuated 过去分词:attenuated 现在分词:attenuating 第三人称单数:attenuates

词根

tenu=thin(细薄的)

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attenuate


/ə'tenjʊeɪt; ə`tɛnju,et/
v [Tn] (fml 文)
1 make (sth/sb) thin or slender 使(某事物[某人])变细或变瘦
*attenuated limbs 枯瘦如柴的四肢.
2 (esp law 尤用于法律) reduce the force or value of (sth); weaken 减弱(某事物)的力量; 降低(某事物)的价值; 弱化
*attenuating circumstances, ie facts that weaken the strength of an argument 情有可原的情形(可使辩论的强度减轻的事实).

attenuate


v [T]
formal to make something weaker or less
 an attenuated form of the polio virus