abate 音标拼音: [əb'et]
vt . 缓和,减弱,减少,废除
vi . 缓和,减弱,减少
缓和,减弱,减少,废除缓和,减弱,减少
abate v 1 :
make less active or intense [
synonym : {
slake }, {
abate },
{
slack }]
2 :
become less in amount or intensity ; "
The storm abated "; "
The rain let up after a few hours " [
synonym : {
abate }, {
let up },
{
slack off }, {
slack }, {
die away }]
Abate \
A *
bate "\ ([.
a ]*
b [=
a ]
t "),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Abated },
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Abating }.] [
OF .
abatre to beat down ,
F .
abattre ,
LL .
abatere ;
ab or ad batere ,
battere (
popular form for L .
batuere to beat ).
Cf . {
Bate }, {
Batter }.]
1 .
To beat down ;
to overthrow . [
Obs .]
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The King of Scots . . .
sore abated the walls .
--
Edw .
Hall .
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2 .
To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state ,
number ,
or degree ;
to lessen ;
to diminish ;
to contract ;
to moderate ;
to cut short ;
as ,
to abate a demand ;
to abate pride ,
zeal ,
hope .
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His eye was not dim ,
nor his natural force abated .
--
Deut .
xxxiv .
7 .
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3 .
To deduct ;
to omit ;
as ,
to abate something from a price .
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Nine thousand parishes ,
abating the odd hundreds .
--
Fuller .
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4 .
To blunt . [
Obs .]
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To abate the edge of envy . --
Bacon .
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5 .
To reduce in estimation ;
to deprive . [
Obs .]
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She hath abated me of half my train . --
Shak .
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6 . (
Law )
(
a )
To bring entirely down or put an end to ;
to do away with ;
as ,
to abate a nuisance ,
to abate a writ .
(
b ) (
Eng .
Law )
To diminish ;
to reduce .
Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion ,
upon a deficiency of assets .
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{
To abate a tax },
to remit it either wholly or in part .
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Abate \
A *
bate "\ ([.
a ]*
b [=
a ]
t "),
v .
i . [
See {
Abate },
v .
t .]
1 .
To decrease ,
or become less in strength or violence ;
as ,
pain abates ,
a storm abates .
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The fury of Glengarry . . .
rapidly abated .
--
Macaulay .
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2 .
To be defeated ,
or come to naught ;
to fall through ;
to fail ;
as ,
a writ abates .
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{
To abate into a freehold }, {
To abate in lands } (
Law ),
to enter into a freehold after the death of the last possessor ,
and before the heir takes possession .
See {
Abatement },
4 .
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Syn :
To subside ;
decrease ;
intermit ;
decline ;
diminish ;
lessen .
Usage :
To {
Abate }, {
Subside }.
These words ,
as here compared ,
imply a coming down from some previously raised or excited state .
Abate expresses this in respect to degrees ,
and implies a diminution of force or of intensity ;
as ,
the storm abates ,
the cold abates ,
the force of the wind abates ;
or ,
the wind abates ,
a fever abates .
Subside (
to settle down )
has reference to a previous state of agitation or commotion ;
as ,
the waves subside after a storm ,
the wind subsides into a calm .
When the words are used figuratively ,
the same distinction should be observed .
If we conceive of a thing as having different degrees of intensity or strength ,
the word to be used is abate .
Thus we say ,
a man '
s anger abates ,
the ardor of one '
s love abates ,
"
Winter '
s rage abates ".
But if the image be that of a sinking down into quiet from preceding excitement or commotion ,
the word to be used is subside ;
as ,
the tumult of the people subsides ,
the public mind subsided into a calm .
The same is the case with those emotions which are tumultuous in their nature ;
as ,
his passion subsides ,
his joy quickly subsided ,
his grief subsided into a pleasing melancholy .
Yet if ,
in such cases ,
we were thinking of the degree of violence of the emotion ,
we might use abate ;
as ,
his joy will abate in the progress of time ;
and so in other instances .
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Abate \
A *
bate "\ ([.
a ]*
b [=
a ]
t "),
n .
Abatement . [
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
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219 Moby Thesaurus words for "
abate ":
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abolish ,
abrade ,
abrogate ,
abstract ,
adjust to ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
allow ,
alter ,
anesthetize ,
annihilate ,
annul ,
appease ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
attenuate ,
bank the fire ,
bate ,
be eaten away ,
benumb ,
blot out ,
blunt ,
box in ,
charge off ,
chasten ,
circumscribe ,
close ,
condition ,
constrain ,
consume ,
consume away ,
control ,
corrode ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
crumble ,
curtail ,
cushion ,
cut ,
damp ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
deaden the pain ,
debilitate ,
decline ,
decrease ,
deduct ,
deliquesce ,
depreciate ,
derogate ,
detract ,
devitalize ,
die away ,
die down ,
dilute ,
diminish ,
discount ,
disparage ,
dive ,
downplay ,
drain ,
drop ,
drop off ,
dull ,
dwindle ,
ease ,
ease matters ,
ease off ,
ease up ,
eat away ,
ebb ,
enervate ,
enfeeble ,
eradicate ,
erode ,
eviscerate ,
exhaust ,
extenuate ,
exterminate ,
extinguish ,
extirpate ,
extract ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
file away ,
foment ,
give relief ,
gruel ,
hedge ,
hedge about ,
impair ,
invalidate ,
keep within bounds ,
kick back ,
languish ,
lay ,
lay low ,
leach ,
leaven ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
let down ,
let up ,
lighten ,
limit ,
loose ,
loosen ,
lull ,
make allowance ,
melt away ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
mollify ,
narrow ,
negate ,
nullify ,
numb ,
obtund ,
pad ,
palliate ,
play down ,
plummet ,
plunge ,
poultice ,
pour balm into ,
pour oil on ,
purify ,
qualify ,
quash ,
rattle ,
rebate ,
recede ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
refine ,
refund ,
regulate by ,
relax ,
relent ,
relieve ,
remit ,
remove ,
restrain ,
restrict ,
retrench ,
root out ,
rub away ,
run its course ,
run low ,
sag ,
salve ,
sap ,
season ,
set conditions ,
set limits ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shorten ,
shrink ,
sink ,
slack ,
slack off ,
slack up ,
slacken ,
slake ,
slow down ,
smother ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soften ,
soften up ,
soothe ,
stifle ,
stupe ,
subduct ,
subdue ,
subside ,
subtract ,
suppress ,
tail off ,
take a premium ,
take away ,
take from ,
take off ,
tame ,
taper ,
taper off ,
temper ,
thin ,
thin out ,
tone down ,
tune down ,
unbend ,
unbrace ,
undermine ,
underplay ,
undo ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unstrain ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
vitiate ,
wane ,
waste ,
waste away ,
water down ,
weaken ,
wear ,
wear away ,
weed ,
wipe out ,
withdraw ,
write off
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