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abate

英 [ə'beɪt]美 [ə'bet]

vt. 減輕；減少；廢除

vi. 減輕；失效

n. (Abate)人名；(英、意、法、埃塞)阿巴特

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中文詞源

來自古法語，而法語又來自通俗拉丁語，來自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bat-（與 beat 同源，打、擊）+ -e（後綴，無實意）→ 字面意思就是“將其打壓下去”，故引申爲“減輕、減弱、減少”。同源詞：beat（打擊、跳動），batter（連續猛擊、持續打擊）。

英語詞源

abate (v.)

c. 1300, "put an end to;" early 14c., "to grow less, diminish in power or influence," from Old French abattre

"beat down, cast down," from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + battuere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Secondary sense of "to fell, slaughter" is in abatis and abattoir. Related: Abated; abating.

權威例句

1. We must abate the noise pollution in our city.

我們必須消除我們城裏的噪音污染.

2. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.

醫生給了他某種藥,以減弱那劇烈的疼痛.

3. The storm began to abate slightly.

風暴開始稍有所減弱.

4. But the dispute over industrial organization did not abate.

但關於產業工會的爭執並未平息下來.

來自英漢非文學 - 政府文件

5. We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions.

我們把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收斂.

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