abating
present participle ofabate
| 单词 | abating |
| 释义 | abating present participle ofabate abate verb[I] formaluk/əˈbeɪt/us/əˈbeɪt/tobecomelessstrong: Thestorm/wind/rainhasstartedto abate. Thefightingin theareashowsnosignof abating. See also unabatedformal Becoming and making less strong
Examplesofabatingabating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, we will disregard that possibility as plants always have other ways ofabatingemissions than reducing production. From theCambridge English Corpus We conclude with estimates of the marginal cost ofabatingadditional carbon emissions using crop residues. From theCambridge English Corpus The other five sources considered in this study would compensate for this byabatingmore than their legislated requirements. From theCambridge English Corpus All this can be interpreted as an attempt to diminish the cost ofabatingpollution from buses and trucks. From theCambridge English Corpus By 1970, the riots had subsided but the war on crime campaign was in full swing and showed no sign ofabating. From theCambridge English Corpus They suggested a range of incentive-based policy instruments forabatingemissions other than an emissions tax, which is the existing policy for emission control. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time, over the last decade global inequalities grew wider, and they show no sign ofabating. From theCambridge English Corpus Evident from these two tables is the fact that as policy becomes stricter, the number of plantsabatingincreases. From theCambridge English Corpus A justification for this assumption is thatabatingcosts by theabatingfirms are cheaper. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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