abate
英 [ə'beɪt]
美 [ə'bet]
- vt. 減輕；減少；廢除
- vi. 減輕；失效
- n. (Abate)人名；(英、意、法、埃塞)阿巴特
中文詞源
來自古法語，而法語又來自通俗拉丁語，來自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bat-（與 beat 同源，打、擊）+ -e（後綴，無實意）→ 字麵意思就是“將其打壓下去”，故引申為“減輕、減弱、減少”。同源詞：beat（打擊、跳動），batter（連續猛擊、持續打擊）。
英文詞源
- abate (v.)
- c. 1300, "put an end to;" early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence," from Old French abattre "beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.
雙語例句
- 1. We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
- 我們必須消除我們城裏的噪音汙染.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
- 醫生給了他某種藥,以減弱那劇烈的疼痛.
來自《用法詞典》
- 3. The storm began to abate slightly.
- 風暴開始稍有所減弱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.
- 但關於產業工會的爭執並未平息下來.
來自英漢非文學 - 政府文件
- 5. We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.
- 我們把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收斂.
來自辭典例句