The verb is pronounced /d?'kri?s/. The noun is pronounced /'di?kri?s/. 動(dòng)詞讀作 /d?'kri?s/。名詞讀作 /'di?kri?s/。
1. (使)減少;(使)減小;(使)降低 When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
e.g. Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year... 人口增長(cháng)率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。 e.g. The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96... 獨立公司的數量從 198 個(gè)減少到了 96個(gè)。
2. 減少;減小;降低 A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it.
decrease的翻譯
e.g. ...a decrease in the number of young people out of work... 失業(yè)青年人數的減少 e.g. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent. 銀行的基本利率已從 10% 降到了 6%，降幅高達 40%。
decrease英英釋義
noun
1. the act of decreasing or reducing something
Synonym: diminutionreductionstep-down
2. the amount by which something decreases
Synonym: decrement
3. a change downward
e.g. there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided there was a sharp drop-off in sales
Synonym: lesseningdrop-off
4. a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Synonym: decrement
verb
1. decrease in size, extent, or range
e.g. The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester The cabin pressure fell dramatically her weight fell to under a hundred pounds his voice fell to a whisper