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lessened
a. 减少的, 减弱的
- At last the fury of the storm lessened.
风暴的猛烈程度终于降低了。 - The fish lessened.
鱼减少了。
lessened
[ adj ]
- impaired by diminution
- decreased in severity; made less harsh
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Lessen \Less"en\ (l[e^]s"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lessened}
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessening}.] [From {Less}, a.]
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
conspired to lessen it. --Atterbury.
Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
weaken; degrade.
(-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lessening}.] [From {Less}, a.]
To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to
diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a
population; to lessen speed, rank, fortune.
Charity . . . shall lessen his punishment. --Calamy.
St. Paul chose to magnify his office when ill men
conspired to lessen it. --Atterbury.
Syn: To diminish; reduce; abate; decrease; lower; impair;
weaken; degrade.
- Fay's also said it improved gross margins and lessened operating expenses.
- Airlines say they have lessened the risk by focusing increases on business fliers, who often must fly at any price.
- Traders attributed the improvement to several factors, including the dollar's stability in foreign exchange, which lessened fears of inflatin and higher interest rates, and some bargain hunting.
- Sihanouk's son, Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said recently that he was saddened because Thailand and its allies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have lessened their once-firm support for key resistance proposals on ending the war.
- But the rate of decline lessened for the third consecutive month.
- The size of any paper losses could be lessened by a rising share price and various fees.
- Uleki's westward movement lessened the threat of damaging winds for Oahu, where Honolulu is located, Kauai and Niihau, Lee said.
- The Court's application of a lessened equal protection standard to congressional action finds no support in our cases or in the Constitution.
- The four House Republicans, in a letter to Dole, took exception to his reported comments that the threat to Israel has lessened. They said the United States cannot undermine its security by cutting aid.
- She noted, though, that the borough's more upstate character has lessened since the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linked it with Brooklyn and it began absorbing people fleeing high housing costs and other urban woes in other boroughs.
- With that formula, it's a sure-fire prescription for chaos if you face an event like that and you're unprepared." The impact of tragedy at the top is lessened considerably when the burden of management is shared, as in AT&T's case.
- Peace activists want the short-range rockets dismantled and not modernized, saying they are not needed because of a lessened military threat from the East.
- While some shareholders first opposed dropping liability for executives in the Pennzoil matter, others were unhappy with anti-takeover provisions of Texaco's charter and bylaws that they argued entrenched management and lessened accountability.
- The Pentagon based its assessment on the Soviet Union's unilateral troop reductions announced by President Mikhail Gorbachev in December 1988 and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion last year that the Soviet threat has lessened.
- Conversely, says Sir Alastair, contractors will receive a payment of Pounds 30m to Pounds 50m on completion. The ability of contractors to damage the project, he says, has been lessened with the bulk of construction already completed.
- Tests developed since 1981 have greatly lessened the risk of getting AIDS from transfusions.
- "But uncertainty about the direction of the economy must be lessened" to push up sales, he said.
- Ragnar Backman, who heads Stockholm's Department for the Removal of Scribbling, said graffiti lessened considerably last summer.
- On the demand side, the tax law lessened the advantages to investors of buying tax-free bonds by lowering their marginal tax rates.
- But as the week progressed, she says, "the trend lessened.
- And as the imagery settled into a certain predictability, so the old shock and impact lessened.
- That shift lessened the impact of wages on production costs.
- The division's goal _ supporting U.S. troops in Europe _ is less important because "as the Warsaw Pact disintegrates, the threat is lessened," said Army spokesman Maj. Joe Padilla.
- Still, it is preferable to other methods of trash disposal, and the health risks can be considerably lessened if proper procedures are followed.
- He said the troops are being moved because of lessened East-West tensions and because of worries about the Soviet Union's stability.
- That way, he felt, their handicap could be lessened. The rebuilding of Lastours took seven years and the first vines were planted in 1973.
- Airport spokesman John Braden said the effect of the heavy fog, which could have backed up departing flights, was lessened because of the canceled Eastern flights.
- In addition, pilots risked their lives and aircraft by flying low and limited the number of bombs they dropped so that the possibilty of hitting civilians would be lessened.
- The storms have lessened in recent years due to anti-erosion measures, such as planting thousands of trees to form a "green wall" north of the city.
- "Any threat, if one existed, to continued cooperation was substantially lessened as a result of the bilateral talks in Ixtapa," Runkel said.
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Lesser Bairam
lesser broom-rape
lesser bulb-fly
lesser burdock
lesser calorie
lesser celandine
lesser centaury
lesser circle of iris
lesser circuIation
lesser circulation
Lesser Cold
lesser cornstalk borer
lesser cornu
lesser cornua
lesser covert
lesser crested tern
lesser cul-de-sac
lesser curvature of s...
lesser dodder
Lesser Dog
lesser ebb
lesser flood
Lesser Fullness
lesser galangal
lesser grain borer
Lesser Heat
lesser horn
lesser housefly
lesser koodoo
Lesser Lion
lesser lip of pudendum
lesser lip of vulva
lesser occipital nerve
lesser ocellar bristle
lesser ocellar bristles
lesser of peritoneum sac
lesser omentum
lesser palatine arteries
lesser palatine canals
lesser palatine foramen
lesser palatine foramina
lesser palatine nerves
lesser pancreas
lesser panda
lesser pelvis
lesser peritoneal cavity
lesser petrosal nerve
lesser rhomboid muscle
lesser ring of iris
lesser river
lessening
lessening virulence o...
lessens
Lesseps
lesser
lesser adjutant
lesser alar cartilage
Lesser Antilles
lesser arterial circl...
Lesser Bairam
lesser broom-rape
lesser bulb-fly
lesser burdock
lesser calorie
lesser celandine
lesser centaury
lesser circle of iris
lesser circuIation
lesser circulation
Lesser Cold
lesser cornstalk borer
lesser cornu
lesser cornua
lesser covert
lesser crested tern
lesser cul-de-sac
lesser curvature of s...
lesser dodder
Lesser Dog
lesser ebb
lesser flood
Lesser Fullness
lesser galangal
lesser grain borer
Lesser Heat
lesser horn
lesser housefly
lesser koodoo
Lesser Lion
lesser lip of pudendum
lesser lip of vulva
lesser occipital nerve
lesser ocellar bristle
lesser ocellar bristles
lesser of peritoneum sac
lesser omentum
lesser palatine arteries
lesser palatine canals
lesser palatine foramen
lesser palatine foramina
lesser palatine nerves
lesser pancreas
lesser panda
lesser pelvis
lesser peritoneal cavity
lesser petrosal nerve
lesser rhomboid muscle
lesser ring of iris
lesser river
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