中文翻译与英英解释 | n.
1.减少，减缩，缩小。
2.【建筑】(柱子等的)逐渐变尖。
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| the act of decreasing or reducing something
同义词：decrease, reduction, step-down,
| | the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
| | change toward something smaller or lower
同义词：decline,
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| In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings. Diminution may be a form of embellishment in which a long note is divided into a series of shorter, usually melodic, values (also called "coloration"). |
例句与用法 | 1. | They hope for a small diminution in taxes .
他们希望捐税能稍有减少。
| | 2. | Any local diminution of blood supply will delay or prevent healing .
任何局部供血的减少将延迟或阻碍愈合。
| | 3. | Midnight arrived, and the enthusiasm showed no signs of diminution .
已经敲过了十二点了，热烈的气氛还没有降低。
| | 4. | The progress of science has seemed to mean the enlargement of the material universe and the diminution of man's importance .
科学的进步似乎意味着把物质的宇宙扩大，把人的重要性缩小了。
| | 5. | When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity .
当利润减少时，商人们往往都埋怨说，商业衰退了，可是利润减少乃是商业繁盛的自然结果。
| | 6. | The government tried to prevent the diminution of resources
政府试图阻止资源的减少。
| | 7. | They are hoping for a small diminution in taxes
他们希望税捐略微减少。
| | 8. | Their first subject was the diminution of the rosings party
他们一开头就谈到罗新斯佳宾星散的问题。
| | 9. | China sees advantages for itself in any diminution of american power
中国认为美国影响力减小对自己有利。
| | 10. | But there was no diminution in the loftiness of his feeling for her
但是他对她的崇高感情并未因此而变化。
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