The verb is pronounced /dɪ'kriːs/. The noun is pronounced /'diːkriːs/. 动词读作 /dɪ'kriːs/。名词读作 /'diːkriːs/。
1 V-ERG (使)减少;(使)减小;(使)降低 When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity. (使)减少;(使)减小;(使)降低
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Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year. [VERB + by]
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. [VERB + from/to]
独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。
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Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week. [VERB amount]
上周该国钢铁厂的原钢产量下降了 2.1%。
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Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size. [VERB + in]
自 1945 年以来，空军的规模已经有所缩减。
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Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking. [VERB noun]
逐渐减少维生素 C 的服用量。
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We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices. [VERB-ing]
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。
SYN drop, decline, lessen, contract
2 N-COUNT 减少;减小;降低 A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it. 减少;减小;降低
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...a decrease in the number of young people out of work. [+ in]
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. [+ of]
银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%，降幅高达 40%。
SYN lessening, decline, reduction, loss
| Thesaurus | decrease Also look up: |
| VERB. | decline, diminish, go down; (ant.) increase 1 |
| Word Link | cresc, creas ≈ growing : crescent, decrease, increase |
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