[每日] abate (v) 減輕
Word of the Day (Saturday November 1, 2008)
abate \uh-BAYT\, verb:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/9a563
1. to make or become less in force or intensity; decrease or
diminish
intransitive verb:
1. to be at an end; become null and void
transitive verb:
1. to deduct from something; reduce
Chicago law requires the landlord to abate lead paint hazards and
provides fines up to $500 for each violation.
-- Ed Sacks, Lead and asbestos worry mom, Chicago Sun-Times, July
14, 2004
Still, behind the scenes, he was desperately trying to cajole
support from colleagues warily assessing whether the perfect
storm that had engulfed him would abate--or sweep him into
oblivion.
-- Howard Fineman, Ghosts Of The Past, Newsweek, December 22,
1998
But no one expects the Iraqi insurgency to miraculously vanish,
or even significantly abate, in the weeks ahead.
-- Death of a Terrorist, Newsweek, June 18, 2002
c.1270, from Old French abattre "beat down," from Latin ad "to"
+ battuere "to beat"; secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is
in abatis and abattoir
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