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decrease

美音:[(noun) ´di:krıs (verb) dık´ri:s ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[(noun) ´di:krıs (verb) dık´ri:s ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.减少,减少之量 v.减少

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decrease为短语/超纲词汇   词频:5733

词形变化:

副词:decreasingly 动词过去式:decreased 过去分词:decreased 现在分词:decreasing 第三人称单数:decreases

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cre=to make(制造),to grow(生长) 变化型 cresc

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compress  curtail  cut  diminish  lessen  reduce  shorten  increase    

decrease


/dɪ'kri:s; dɪ`kris/
v [I, Tn] (cause sth to) become smaller or fewer; diminish (使某物)变小或变少; 减少
*Student numbers have decreased by 500. 学生人数减少了500名.
* Interest in the sport is decreasing. 人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐淡薄.

/'di:kri:s; `dikris/
n
1 ~ (in sth)
(a) [U] decreasing; reduction 减少; 降低
*some decrease in the crime rate 犯罪率的少许降低.
(b) [C] amount by which sth decreases 减少的量
*a decrease of 3% in the rate of inflation 通货膨胀率降低3%
* There has been a decrease in imports. 进口货物有所减少.
2 (idm 习语) on the `decrease decreasing 在减少
*Is crime on the decrease? 犯罪案件是否在减少?
1. The skin is softer, smoother, wrinkles decrease but are not eliminated, and marks and fine brown lines disappear.
    皮肤更柔软、更光滑,皱纹虽非全部去除但已减少,斑点和细小的棕色纹路消失。

2. "But the new exercisers who followed their normal diet showed a decrease in iron levels."
    但突然参加锻炼却仍沿用原来的食谱的人,则显示出铁离子含量的降低。"

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