Decrease
[ dɪ'kris ]
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n. 减少，减小;减少量;
vi.&vt. 减少，减小;
💡 词根助记
de向下+crease增长→向下增加→减少
📝 例句
A decrease in volume causes the molecules to hit the walls more frequently.
减小体积，分子就更加频繁地撞击器壁。
They are making every effort to decrease the production cost.
他们正尽力减少生产成本。
The decrease in unemployment was 30 percent.
失业人数减少了百分之三十。
The decrease in unemployment was 30 percent.
失业人数减少了百分之三十。
During unsaturated growth, the width of the spectral profile will decrease.
在非饱和增长期间，谱线轮廓的宽度将减
🌱 联想助记
【记】※increase-增加,decrease-减小:增加是嬴(音似in),减小是低(音似de)
※ de-拼音“德”,c-似“耳朵”,re-谐音“姨”,a-一,se-谐音“蛇”:德国人的耳朵被阿姨给了一条蛇使这变小
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
de-表示“下”
📖 牛津释义
decrease
v[I, Tn]
(cause sth to) become smaller or fewer; diminish （使某物）变小或变少; 减少
Student numbers have decreased by 500. 学生人数减少了500名.
Interest in the sport is decreasing. 人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐淡薄.
decrease n
1 ~ (in sth)
(a) [U] decreasing; reduction 减少; 降低
some decrease in the crime rate 犯罪率的少许降低.
(b) [C] amount by which sth decreases 减少的量
a decrease of 3% in the rate of inflation 通货膨胀率降低3%
There has been a decrease in imports. 进口货物有所减少.
2 (idm 习语) on the `decrease decreasing 在减少
Is crime on the decrease? 犯罪案件是否在减少?
🎯 考研助记
creat-crea(创造) 向下(de)创造(crea-crease)- 减少 向里(in)创造(crea-crease)- 增加 恢复(re)创造(create-creation)- 娱乐
🔁 扩展释义
*['di:kri:s]n. 减少, 减少量vt. 减少vi. 减少【法】 减少, 减小, 减少额相关词组: on the decrease decrease to... decrease the number to...
🏥 医学释义
减少，降低
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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There's always a chance that something may go wrong.
出岔子是在所难免的。
Soft (or Fine or Kind) words butter no parsnips.
画饼充饥。
He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。