lessen

lessen

过去式：lessened

过去分词：lessened

现在进行时：lessening

词形变化：

动词过去式: lessened | 动词过去分词: lessened | 动词现在分词: lessening | 动词第三人称单数: lessens |

同义词：

decrease | diminish | reduce | lower | slacken | decline | minimize | cut | tail off | ease off | let up | die down | moderate | abate | bate | mitigate | dwindle | minify | relax | ebb | subtract | deduct | decimate | allay | soothe | constrict | deplete | narrow | contract | wane | shrink | quell | palliate | condense | clip | assuage | ease | attenuate | relieve | retrench | underestimate | extenuate | modify | truncate | alleviate | appease | temper | mollify | fail | away | weaken | abbreviate | languish | shorten | pare | decay | lighten | curtail | shrivel | wither | subside | abridge | erode | fade away | melt away | waste away | thin | out | take | cut short | taper | depress | fall | loosen | silence | take away | soften | thin out | stem | short | scale | fade | waste | melt |

反义词：

increase | raise |

词义辨析：

同义:

v.减少

abate  decrease  diminish  lower  mitigate  bate  ebb  moderate  relax  slacken  

v.贬低

decline  wane  fade away  melt away  dwindle  weaken  attenuate  fail  languish  waste away  shrivel  wither  decay  erode  

v.缩小, 收缩, 删节

reduce  retrench  minify  shrink  constrict  contract  narrow  pare  truncate  clip  condense  shorten  abridge  abbreviate  curtail  cut short  

v.减轻, 缓和

allay  assuage  alleviate  palliate  appease  soothe  relieve  ease  mollify  lighten  quell  modify  moderate  temper  extenuate  softpedal  underestimate  

v.减去, 使变少

deduct  subtract  take away  deplete  thin out  decimate  

同义参见:

depress  taper  soften  loosen  subside  decrease  minimize  silence  scale  stem  lower  

反义:

vt.vi.变小; 减少; 减低

increase  raise