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lessens

英 [ˈlesnz]

美 [ˈlesnz]

v.  (使)变小,变少,减弱,减轻
lessen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  • V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)减少;(使)减轻
    If somethinglessensor youlessenit, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.
    1. He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
      他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注,但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。
    2. Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
      要确保接种最新的疫苗,以降低患上严重疾病的危险。

双语例句

  • A single quality buyer like Temasek lessens the political problem, said one person involved in the sale.
    由淡马锡这样高素质的单一买家接手,减轻了政治方面的问题,一名参与这次出售的人士表示。
  • Some social commentators believe that a woman's economic independence lessens her desire to get hitched.
    一些社会评论家认为,一个女人的经济独立,缩小了,她渴望结婚。
  • Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.
    良好的饮食习惯能大大减少患心脏病的机率。
  • This scheme lessens efficiently multicast traffic in network, and reduces multicast tree maintenance costs, but does not cause multicast data delivery to incur too large delivery delay.
    该方案有效地减少了网络中的多播通信量并降低了多播树的维护代价,却没有给多播数据传输带来太大的延迟。
  • Some studies suggest this too lessens the chance of getting the headache.
    某些研究指出,如此一来也可减少头痛的发生。
  • While aggression and withdrawal take a psychological toll, friendship brings comfort that lessens the ill effects of stress and that difference contributes to the gender difference in longevity.
    友谊带来了舒适,减少了不良压力的影响,而且导致了不同性别的长寿差异。
  • It lessens the depth of the burn, which speeds healing, which in turn limits scarring.
    水减小烧伤深度,从而加快愈合,反过来减少疤痕。
  • That saves a large amount of labour and material, and lessens the insured Party's burden.
    那样办,可以节省大量劳动和材料,又可以减轻投保人的负担。
  • Students should work hard at their lessens.
    学生应该努力学习功课。
  • It stops blood platelets sticking together which prevents clots forming and lessens the chances of strokes and heart disease.
    它能阻止血小板粘结在一起以防止血液凝块的形成,降低患中风和心脏病的可能性。