decrease
英[d?'kri?s]
美[d?'kris]
- n. 減少，減小；減少量
- vi. 減少，減小
- vt. 減少，減小
詞態變化
復數:?decreases;
助記提示
1、de- "away from" + creas- + -e.
中文詞源
decrease 減低
de-, 向下。-cre, 創造，增加，詞源同create, crescent.
英文詞源
- decrease
- decrease: [14] Etymologically, decrease means ‘ungrow’. It comes from de(s)creiss-, the present stem of Old French de(s)creistre, which was a descendant of Vulgar Latin discrēscēre. This was an alteration of Latin dēcrēscēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous condition, and crēscēre ‘grow’ (source of English crescent and a wide range of other words).
=> crescent, croissant, increase - decrease (v.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French decreiss-, present participle stem of decreistre, Old French descroistre (12c., Modern French décro?tre), from Latin decrescere "to grow less, diminish," from de- "away from" (see de-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Related: Decreased; decreasing.
- decrease (n.)
- late 14c., "detriment, harm;" early 15c. as "a becoming less or smaller," from Anglo-French decres; see decrease (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. If the egg is not fertilised oestrogen and progesterone decrease.
- 如果卵細胞沒有受精，雌激素和黃體荷爾蒙就會下降。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The prices of polymers and suchlike materials will decrease.
- 聚合物及類似材料的價格會下降。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The demand for tea is on the decrease ( each year ).
- 茶葉的需求量 ( 逐年 ) 遞減.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Last year there was a 20 % decrease in his earnings.
- 去年他的收入減少了20%.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. This shows a slight decrease on the numbers of the previous month.
- 這表明比前一個月的數目略有減少.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》