decrease1
KK: [dɪˈkris]
DJ: [diːˈkriːs]
vi.
- 減；減少，減小[（+in/to）]
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Car sales are
decreasing.
汽車銷售量下跌。
vt.
- 減；減少，減小[（+to）]
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These measures will help
decrease the cost of production.
這些措施有助於降低生產成本。
They are making every effort to
decrease the production cost.
他們正盡力減少生產成本。
辨析
decrease2
KK: [ˈdikris]
DJ: [ˈdiːkriːs]
n.
- 減少，減小[C][U][（+in/of）]
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There has been a
decrease in our imports.
我們的進口減少了。
- 減少額，減小量[C][（+in/of）]
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The
decrease in unemployment was 30 percent.
失業人數減少了百分之三十。
片語
on the decrease
- 逐漸減少的
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Is your production
on the decrease?
你們的產量在減少嗎？
v.
/
dɪˈkriːs/
make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
n.
/
ˈdiːkriːs/
an instance of decreasing.
▸the action of decreasing.
Derivative
- decreasing adj.
- decreasingly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. decreis (n.), decreistre (v.), based on L. decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’.
