英汉词典

decrease 基本解释

• n. 减少，减小；减少量
• vi. 减少，减小
• vt. 减少，减小

decrease 词态变化

decrease 中文词源

de-, 向下。-cre, 创造，增加，词源同create, crescent.

decrease 英文词源

decrease

decrease: [14] Etymologically, decrease means ‘ungrow’. It comes from de(s)creiss-, the present stem of Old French de(s)creistre, which was a descendant of Vulgar Latin discrēscēre. This was an alteration of Latin dēcrēscēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous condition, and crēscēre ‘grow’ (source of English crescent and a wide range of other words).
=> crescent, croissant, increase

decrease (v.)

late 14c., from Anglo-French decreiss-, present participle stem of decreistre, Old French descroistre (12c., Modern French décroître), from Latin decrescere "to grow less, diminish," from de- "away from" (see de-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Related: Decreased; decreasing.

decrease (n.)

late 14c., "detriment, harm;" early 15c. as "a becoming less or smaller," from Anglo-French decres; see decrease (v.).

decrease 词组搭配

decrease 英文释义

1. a change downward;

"there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"

"there was a sharp drop-off in sales"

2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter

3. the amount by which something decreases

4. the act of decreasing or reducing something

decrease 同义词解析

decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle

这些协词的共同含义是"减少，变少"。

decrease： 指逐渐地、不断地减少。

diminish： 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。

lessen： 普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。

reduce： 普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。

dwindle： 与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。

decrease 双语例句

1. If the egg is not fertilised oestrogen and progesterone decrease.

如果卵细胞没有受精，雌激素和黄体荷尔蒙就会下降。

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2. The prices of polymers and suchlike materials will decrease.

聚合物及类似材料的价格会下降。

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3. The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year ).

茶叶的需求量 ( 逐年 ) 递减.

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4. Last year there was a 20 % decrease in his earnings.

去年他的收入减少了20%.

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5. This shows a slight decrease on the numbers of the previous month.

这表明比前一个月的数目略有减少.

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decrease 实用场景例句

The number of new students decreased from 210 to 160 this year.

今年新生人数从210减少到160。

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The price of wheat has decreased by 15%.

小麦价格降低了15%。

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This species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.

这种鸟的数量在逐年减少。

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a decreasing population

逐渐减少的人口

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People should decrease the amount of fat they eat.

人们应减少脂肪的摄入量。

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There has been some decrease in military spending this year.

今年的军费开支有所减少。

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a decrease of nearly 6% in the number of visitors to the museum

参观博物馆人数下降将近6%

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Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...

人口增长率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。

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The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96...

独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。

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...a decrease in the number of young people out of work...

失业青年人数的减少

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Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.

银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%，降幅高达 40%。

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So the researchers suggest 5 Methods: That could decrease costs and increase production of sorghum.

因此研究人员提出了5种办法,这些方法可以在降低成本的同时提高高梁产量.

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Why will this Stealth Shouldered Abutment system decrease the use of angled abutments?

为何此隐肩支台系统将会减少弯角支台的使用?

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Being due to initial data errors, the result accuracy from the popular adjustment will decrease.

因起算数据误差的存在, 导致了用普通的平差方法求得的结果精度降低.

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The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year ).

茶叶的需求量 ( 逐年 ) 递减.

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Resist lipidperoxidation. Increase the activity of SOD and decrease the content of LPO.

抗脂质过氧化作用, 提高SOD活性、降低LPO含量.

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These measures will help decrease the cost of production.

这些措施有助于降低生产成本.

辞典例句

With the decrease of light intensity, rhizome biomass of clone and per unit length declined.

随着光照强度的降低, 无性系单位长度根茎生物量下降.

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The structure of entire dens is adopted to increase anchorage area and decrease damage from dens.

结构接纳全卡牙形式增大锚定面积,减低牙齿儿对套管的损伤.

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There was also an increase in resistin and a decrease in baseline ghrelin levels.

而且抵抗素水平增加,基线ghrelin水平下降.

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Large holdings of cash assets clearly decrease profits because of the opportunity loss of interest income.

大量持有现金资产减少了获得利息收益的机会,因而投资收益一定会降低.

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The results show that this method can effectively decrease the random error of laser gyro.

结果表明此方法能有效地抑制激光陀螺的随机误差.

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Purpose Control the damaged Condition of oil and casing, Decrease the loss of water drive store.

目的:控制油水井套管损坏程度, 减小水驱储量的损失.

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They found volatilization of dieldrin tended to decrease as bulk density increased.

他们发现狄氏剂的挥发常随紧实度的增加而减低.

辞典例句

The US stimulus plan increased America's debt and deficits and will decrease the valuethe dollar.

美国的经济刺激计划提高了其债务和赤字水平,也将导致美元贬值.

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The cost of product will decrease with the expansion of production scale.

一件商品的成本会因生产规模扩大而减少.

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The decrease in sales was almost 20 percent.

销售量差不多减少了20%.

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There has been a progressive decrease in population every year in this city.

这个城市的人口在逐年递减.

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Last year there was a 20 % decrease in his earnings.

去年他的收入减少了20%.

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