ADVERB | VERB + LESSENADVERB➤considerably, greatly, significantly大幅減少◇Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.良好的飲食習慣能大大減少患心臟病的風險。➤somewhat有所減少▸➤gradually逐漸減少◇Time had gradually lessened the pain of her grief.時間逐漸淡化了她的痛苦。VERB + LESSEN➤begin to開始減少◇The noise began to lessen.噪音開始減弱。➤try to試圖減少▸➤tend to趨向減少◇Too much background detail tends to lessen the impact of the central image.過多的背景細節會弱化中心圖像。➤help (to)有助於減少◇Regular exercise can help lessen the pain.經常運動有助於減輕疼痛。