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 lessening ['lesniŋ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 减轻, 减少, 变小

  1. The pain was already lessening.
    疼痛已在减轻。
  2. The talks have resulted in a lessening of suspicion.
    谈话消减了彼此的怀疑。


lessening
[ noun ]
a change downward
<noun.event>
there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsidedthere was a sharp drop-off in sales


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.

lessening \lessening\ adj.
becoming less in dimension or degree; as, the lessening
distance between us.
[WordNet 1.5]


lessening \lessening\ n.
a change downward; a decrease; a reduction.

Syn: decrease, drop-off.
[WordNet 1.5]

  1. There are strong fears in Asia of a lessening US commitment because of domestic pressure for defence cuts.
  2. Recent visits to Iran by Sheik Mohammed Fadlallah, spiritual leader of Hezbollah, don't suggest a lessening of contact between the two, he says.
  3. "If we see a lessening of OPEC production, the inventory overhang won't mean much."
  4. He said climatic factors, and not a lessening of the CFC problem, were responsible.
  5. His brain damage had apparently cut connections between higher and lower brain areas, lessening control the higher regions exert over rage reactions springing from the lower areas, Dr. Bear says.
  6. Democrats believe that revolutionary changes in Eastern Europe and the lessening Soviet threat to the West should be reflected in the U.S. defense budget.
  7. The position paper concludes that repeal "could have an opposite, deleterious effect, including lessening competition by reducing the number of insurers currently in the market and imposing insurmountable barriers on entry into the industry."
  8. Charlotte Walker of County Securities, a unit of National Westminster Bank of London, noted that Lotus also is finally beginning to get significant revenue from its graphics software and information services, lessening dependence on 1-2-3.
  9. She also cited lessening fear of war in the Persian Gulf, reports of increased oil supply, lower demand for gas at this time of year and price competition between gas stations.
  10. External and internal pressures on Japan to fix its trade imbalance contributed to the lessening of confidence in that nation and the battering of the yen.
  11. In the past, state Democrats have approved platform planks advocating both outright legalization of marijuana and lessening criminal penalties, arguing that the money would be better spent fighting "hard" drugs.
  12. The danger of military confrontation between the superpowers and the credibility of that threat is lessening every hour." _ Leon M. Lederman, Nobel laureate, on the status of the Doomsday Clock.
  13. "If the rental payments are not made, then another class of creditors will be dragged into the restructuring negotiations lessening the chances of an easily achieved reorganization and increasing the prospects of bankruptcy," he said.
  14. Demand for equities was not confined to the leaders; the FT-SE Mid 250 index put on another powerful performance, closing 22 stronger at 3,582.7. All the economic details released yesterday pointed to lessening inflationary pressures in the UK.
  15. Despite the gloomy forecasts, several efforts show some potential for lessening U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
  16. The panel, responding to the lessening Soviet threat overseas and economic demands at home, unanimously agreed to slash $18 billion from Bush's proposal of $307 billion in military spending for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
  17. Dealers said that the lessening in tensions in Russia, together with hopes for base rate cut at home, had brought buyers back into index futures.
  18. "The downward pressures on activity may be lessening," he said, predicting that the recession will end around midyear.
  19. An antiviral prescription drug called amantadine, marketed also as Symmetrel, is effective against type A flu if it is treated early, lessening the disease's severity and duration, Park said.
  20. Critics also say the guidelines could have the effect of obscuring, and possibly lessening, the existing burden of proof on merging companies.
  21. They said their concerns began lessening when the president called for an independent investigation into the clandestine operation, and were further reduced by the recent rallies in the stock and bond markets.
  22. "Further actions will not lead to a lessening of the tensions and could have adverse international repercussions and could be counterproductive for U.S.-Soviet relations," he said.
  23. Companies want to sell more packaging; environmentalists want them to sell less. In a free market economy, packaging companies cannot be expected voluntarily to contribute to a lessening of demand for the products on which their prosperity depends.
  24. We're seeing a lessening of the rate-driven shrinkage of deposits," Ely said.
  25. As usual, fundamentals took a back seat in copper, with the market ignoring stocks at 15-year highs and the lessening possibilities of stoppages in Peru and the US.
  26. Even if some of the more radical suggestions are ignored by the MMC, competition in the UK gas business will increase, lessening the security of the utility franchise.
  27. Gorbachev wants to go slower, lessening the shock of price increases.
  28. Increased experience and productivity on the assembly lines is lessening the need for more workers, Shrontz said, even though the company is experiencing a record surge in orders _ 888 jets worth $46.7 billion this year.
  29. Cheney, in a message for Washington lawmakers, also said "it would be a mistake" to reduce the U.S. presence in Asia just because of the lessening of tensions in Europe.
  30. By lowering tax rates and lessening its regulation of industry, done for separate reasons, the government has indirectly attacked the black-money problem.
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