lessens

英 [ˈlesnz]

美 [ˈlesnz]

v.  (使)变小，变少，减弱，减轻
lessen的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）缩小；（使）减少；（使）减轻
  If somethinglessensor youlessenit, it becomes smaller in size, amount, degree, or importance.
  1. He is used to a lot of attention from his wife, which will inevitably lessen when the baby is born...
     他习惯了妻子对他的百般关注，但孩子出生后这种关注就会不可避免地减少。
  2. Make sure that your immunisations are up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
     要确保接种最新的疫苗，以降低患上严重疾病的危险。

双语例句

• Paying those off frees up precious cash and lessens the worry of forgetting to pay bills.
  把这些账还完，会腾出宝贵的现金，并减轻忘记还款的担心。
• Eating a good diet significantly lessens the risk of heart disease.
  良好的饮食习惯能大大减少患心脏病的机率。
• We all know that when prayer lessens faith is weakened and the ministry loses content and meaning.
  我们都知道，当祈祷生活减少､信德亦相应减弱，随之的福传事工亦失去内涵和意义。
• The new drug lessens the severity of pneumonia episodes.
  新药减轻了肺炎发作时的痛苦。
• This scheme lessens efficiently multicast traffic in network, and reduces multicast tree maintenance costs, but does not cause multicast data delivery to incur too large delivery delay.
  该方案有效地减少了网络中的多播通信量并降低了多播树的维护代价，却没有给多播数据传输带来太大的延迟。
• Light lessens as evening comes on. There is still no fundamental improvement in the weak agricultural base.
  随着黄昏的来临，光线逐渐变弱。农业基础脆弱的状况还没有根本改变。
• The smelting reduction process saves energy and lessens pollution through using of ore fines without any pretreatment and agglomeration.
  由于使用无需任何预处理和造块的矿粉，熔融还原法既可节能、又能减少污染。
• If you do some light shoulder exercises regularly, you will find that it lessens the pain.
  如果您能有规律地轻微地锻炼肩关节，疼痛是可以减轻的。
• Students should work hard at their lessens.
  学生应该努力学习功课。
• A single quality buyer like Temasek lessens the political problem, said one person involved in the sale.
  由淡马锡这样高素质的单一买家接手，减轻了政治方面的问题，一名参与这次出售的人士表示。