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TOEFL BNC: 13783 COCA: 13243

abate

verb
/əˈbeɪt/
/əˈbeɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they abate
/əˈbeɪt/
/əˈbeɪt/
he / she / it abates
/əˈbeɪts/
/əˈbeɪts/
past simple abated
/əˈbeɪtɪd/
/əˈbeɪtɪd/
past participle abated
/əˈbeɪtɪd/
/əˈbeɪtɪd/
-ing form abating
/əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
/əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to become less intense or severe; to make something less intense or severe（使）减弱，减退，减轻，减少
    • The storm showed no signs of abating.暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。
    • They waited for the crowd’s fury to abate.他们等待人群的愤怒减弱。
    • abate something Steps are to be taken to abate pollution.将会采取措施减少污染。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbate is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • anger
    • fear
    • storm
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).
TOEFL BNC: 13783 COCA: 13243
TOEFL BNC: 13783 COCA: 13243
TOEFL BNC: 13783 COCA: 13243
abate
To become less in size, amount or value: crater, decrease, decline...
To reduce something: cut back, cut down, reduce...

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