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abatevt. 1. lessen,shorten减少,缩短。 △Mid. 3. 2. 431:“O longand tedious night,/ Abate thy hours!”啊,漫长而倦人的黑夜,把你的时间缩短些吧! 2. make blunt,dull the edge of,weaken. repress,ren-der ineffective使钝,使(刀刃)变钝,削弱,抑制,使得不起作用。 △R.III. 5. 4. 48 (5. 5.35):“Abate the edge of trai-tors,” i.e. make blunt the edges of traitors' swords. 使得叛徒们刀剑的锋刃变钝而不起作用。 3. ❶diminish缩减。 ❷blunt把…弄钝。 △2H. IV. 1. 1.117: “Which once in him abated,”这种气概一旦随他而缩减(双关:变钝)。 4. deprive,curtail剥夺,削减。 △Lr. 2. 4. 161 (159):“She hath abated me of half my train;”她把我的随从裁减了一半。 5. weaken,diminish 削弱,减小。 △Rom. 4. 1. 120:“Abate thy valour in the acting it.”削弱你在实行中的勇气。 6. decrease the intensity of,moderate减轻…的强度,使和缓。 △Ham. 4. 7. 115: “A kind of wick and snuffthat will abate it,”一条灯芯或是烧枯的烛花,足以削弱爱的火焰。 ~vi. decrease,become less减少,变小。 △H. V. 4. 4. 50(47): “Tell him my fury shall abate,and I/Thecrowns will take.”告诉他,我的怒火会消的,他的金币我愿意收下。
abateprep. except 除了…之外。 △L. L. L. 5. 2. 545(544):“Abate throw at novum,”除非掷骰子掷出五点。 abate[əˈbeit]v. 减少,减轻,降价,打折,废除,失效 ◇ abate an action 撤销诉讼 abate a price 还价 abate a tax 减税 abate of the price 降价 ‖ abatement n. 撤销,减价 abatement and exemption from penalty 免除刑罚 abatement claim 请求减免 abatement cost 消除有害事物的成本 abatement from action 撤诉 abatement from penalty 减刑 abatement of action 撤销诉讼 abatement of debts 减少债务 abatement of freehold 霸占遗产,废除、撤销终身保有的地产 abatement of inflation 减轻通货膨胀 abatement of legacies 减 少 遗赠 abatement of penalty 减刑 abatement of penalty by degree on account of voluntary denunciation 自首减刑 abatement of rent 减租 abatement of suit 撤诉 abatement of taxes 减税 abatement order 撤销令 no abatement made 不二价 plea in abatement妨诉抗辩 tax abatement 减税 |