abate
英 [ə'beɪt]
美 [ə'bet]
- vt. 减轻；减少；废除
- vi. 减轻；失效
- n. (Abate)人名；(英、意、法、埃塞)阿巴特
中文词源
来自古法语，而法语又来自通俗拉丁语，来自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bat-（与 beat 同源，打、击）+ -e（后缀，无实意）→ 字面意思就是“将其打压下去”，故引申为“减轻、减弱、减少”。同源词：beat（打击、跳动），batter（连续猛击、持续打击）。
英文词源
- abate (v.)
- c. 1300, "put an end to;" early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence," from Old French abattre "beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.
双语例句
- 1. We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
- 我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
- 医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛.
来自《用法词典》
- 3. The storm began to abate slightly.
- 风暴开始稍有所减弱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.
- 但关于产业工会的争执并未平息下来.
来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- 5. We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.
- 我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛.
来自辞典例句