abate
verb [intransitive, transitive] (formal)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
- …
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’).