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单词 lessen
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lessen
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈles.ən/us
/ˈles.ən/
C1
If something lessens or is lessened, itbecomeslessstrong:
减少，降低，减轻
Ahealthydietcan lessen theriskofheartdisease.健康饮食能降低患心脏病的危险。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to become smaller or less
  • decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
  • lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
  • lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join.
  • reduceThey've just reduced the price.
  • bring downThey are bringing down their prices.
  • dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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(Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lessen| American Dictionary

lessen
verb[I/T]
us
/ˈles·ən/
tobecomeor make somethingsmallerinamountordegree:
[T]Keepingyourweightdown can lessen theriskofheartdisease.
(Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

lessen| Business English

lessen
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈlesən/us
to make somethingsmaller, lessnoticeable, etc., or tobecomesmaller, lessnoticeable, etc.:
Corporateexecutivesarekeentoembrace"greentechnology" inordertolessentheirdependenceonfossilfuels.
Increasingsecurityproceduresis the only way tolessen therisksofairtravel.
lessen the impact/importance/influence (of sth)Expertsarguethat acarbontaxwould lessen theinfluenceof special-interestgroupsin theclimatechangedebate.
(Definition oflessenfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflessen

lessen
We should all do our best tolessenpoverty and suffering and make the world a more equal place.
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Then, a new structure was conceived in order tolessenthe disadvantages of the earlier structure.
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These arguments do notlessenthe responsibility of donors and lenders.
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If you could make perfect copies of me, the existence of the replicas would destroy my uniqueness without lessening my worth or value.
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Monetary instability was lessening towards the restoration of convertibility.
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However, some children may exhibit a stronger motivational system that helps themlessentheir negative reactivity to novelty.
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This in turn could have made possible some containment of the discontent and given some hope to the people which might have lessened their anger.
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Increased infrastructural supply lessens the environmental costs of consumption, and, the other way round, increased consumption increases the marginal benefit of pollution-reducing infrastructure.
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Therefore, we only excluded juvenile snails from the analysis tolessenthe effects of the dynamics or local heterogeneity of host population on parasite prevalence.
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Those who wanted instructions followed strictly placed this limitation tolessenpotential burden and possible guilt on the part of the selected proxy.
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Many exclusivists are epistemically impoverished, and thus the epistemic status of their exclusive beliefs may well be lessened or defeated by religious diversity.
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The objective was tolessensuperficial support for democracy by also asking about autocratic regimes.
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The absence of these risk factors is expected tolessenthe chances of severe conflict.
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Yet the very thoroughness and meticulousness of this data-based approach maylessenthe book's chances of appeal to a wider audience.
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The adoption of neo-liberal economic policies has lessened the importance of central bank independence for fighting inflation.
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