a·bate

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【释义】：

vt．❶ 使(数量、程度、强度等)减弱，减退，减轻，降(价)：No difliculty can abate his enthusiasm for work．任何困难也不能使他的工作热情降低．The prices of medicine have been abated．药品降价了．❷ 【法】取消，废除．

－vi．❶ (洪水、暴风雨、病势、怒气等)减退：The flood seems to be abating．洪水好象开始退了．❷ 【法】中止，作废．abatement n．