decreases
[di:ˈkri:siz]

n.

减小，降低( decrease的名词复数 )；减少（量）；

v.

（使）缩短，减小，减少( decrease的第三人称单数 )；

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)缩短；减小，减少 (cause to) become shorter,smaller,less

n.(名词)

1. [U]减小，降低reduction
2. [C]减少(量) amount by which sth decreases

英英释义

decrease

• n.
  • a change downward

    "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"

    同义词：lesseningdrop-off

  • a process of becoming smaller or shorter

    同义词：decrement

  • the amount by which something decreases

    同义词：decrement

  • the act of decreasing or reducing something

    同义词：diminutionreductionstep-down

• v.
  • decrease in size, extent, or range

    "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"

    同义词：diminishlessenfall

  • make smaller

    "He decreased his staff"

    同义词：lessenminify

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+介词

• decrease by 3 times减少三倍
• decrease by 5 tons减少五吨
• decrease by ten percent减少百分之十
• decrease in number数目减少
• decrease to减少到

用作名词 (n.)形容词+～

• gradual decrease逐渐下降
• sharp decrease急剧下降
• slight decrease略微减少
• steady decrease稳定下降

介词+～

• on the decrease在减少

～+介词

• decrease in在…方面的减少
• decrease in production生产下降
• decrease to three hundred减少到300

词组短语

on the decrease在减少中

decrease by减少了…

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. They are making further efforts to decrease military spending.
   他们正在做进一步的努力来减少军费开支。
2. His interest in this subject gradually decreases.
   他对这门学科的兴趣逐渐减退。
3. The government projected a tax decrease.
   政府计划降低税收。
4. They tried to decrease the costs.
   他们设法降低成本。

用作名词(n.)

1. The new treatment led to a huge decrease in the number of deaths.
   新的疗法使死亡率急剧减少。
2. There has been a steady decrease in population in this city.
   这个城市的人口在持续下降。

权威例句

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Earnings management to avoid earnings decreases and losses
Decreases in community viral load are accompanied by reductions in new HIV infections in San Francisco.
Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients.
Allergen immunotherapy decreases interleukin 4 production in CD4+ T cells from allergic individuals.
Relative decreases in knee extension torque with increased knee extension velocities in stroke patients with hemiparesis.
Common Blood Flow Changes across Visual Tasks: II. Decreases in Cerebral Cortex.
Screening decreases prostate cancer mortality: 11-year follow-up of the 1988 Quebec prospective randomized controlled trial.
Reductions in arterial diameter produced by chronic decreases in blood flow are endothelium-dependent
Activation of protein kinase C decreases phosphorylation of c-Jun at sites that negatively regulate its DNA-binding activity