diminished
减少
definition
verb
a tax whose purpose is to diminish spending
make or become less.
adjective
a diminished role for local government
made smaller or less.
a diminished fifth
denoting or containing an interval that is one semitone less than the corresponding minor or perfect interval.
translation of 'diminished'
verb
精简,
裁减,
压紧,
裁,
减,
贬
example
Each dive in the Cove was a life-changing experience - a coruscating kaleidoscope of natural beauty that left him strangely 'diminished' .
The report also warns that the need to recruit afresh will result in a huge brain drain from the civil service in addition to a 'diminished' capability and reduced service to the public.
The politics of solidarity they ostensibly represent seem to me to be correspondingly 'diminished' .
The problem is that such an approach requires national politicians to deny themselves power and accept a 'diminished' role for the central state, their state.
I've found ginger to be particularly helpful for infants with colic, and in older people who suffer with poor digestion or 'diminished' appetite.
The role of poverty in 'diminished' marriage prospects may be illustrated by comparing various U.S. ethnic groups that differ in average earnings.
However in sympathetic assistance the charge is often reduced to manslaughter with 'diminished' responsibilities, which ultimately carries a lighter sentence.
Since then, 'diminished' resources have reduced its intellectual quality as well as its students' opportunities.
Its atmosphere was more ceremonial than Stabat Mater's, but to 'diminished' effect.
And several times in the book a 'diminished' fifth rather than an augmented fourth is called a tritone.
Several plants react to increased UV radiation with reduced growth or 'diminished' photosynthetic activity.
It was up to me if I left the hospital 'diminished' or augmented.
The main goal of this study was to attempt to determine if the growth function reflected in learning curves was a result of 'diminished' associative strength, reduced confidence, or both.
Nor is the role of the mother 'diminished' - partly because women tend to get very involved with their children as soon as they come home from work.
The American tenor as the pro-consul, the cause of the romantic turbulence, sang well but seemed 'diminished' by the non-existent drama.
‘Ok,’ I play it in its Major, minor, Augmented and 'diminished' forms then look up at him again.
Though 'diminished' , the labor movement has played a key role in creating a new progressive political opposition.
A crtc in name only gives us the illusion of regulation and protection, but in reality, it has a very 'diminished' and marginal role.
Below the dizzying 'diminished' arpeggios and harmonized runs lie massive, memorable riffs.
On the other is one of the Third World's true bright spots, somewhat 'diminished' by the comic-opera nationalism of its democratically elected president.
Both groups of children were born with left ventricles that, on average, had higher mass and lower contractility, or a 'diminished' ability to pump.
Arpeggios of 'diminished' 7ths rushing up and down the keyboard are the main - indeed the only - motive in this bravura piece.
He builds so much power into this section, that it considerably weakens the force of the funeral march, so that when it returns, it does so with greatly 'diminished' life.
He had what his family describes as a ‘closed-head, traumatic brain injury’ which has left him severely 'diminished' .
Arrhythmia develops in association with damaged cardiac contractile elements and 'diminished' coronary flow.
Unpicked coffee beans are now spreading the Broca disease, which threatens to destroy next year's already 'diminished' crop.
The truth is that even in stripping away the myth and iconography, and removing the unaccountably exceptional Lincoln, we are not left with a 'diminished' figure.
Visual changes in the earlier stages may include 'diminished' vision, contraction of the visual field, changes in the size of objects or photophobia.
But our relationship seemed 'diminished' , lessened by the events that had transpired during her disappearance.
Precious few ghosts survive from that which passes for medieval Berlin, and even those from Neoclassical Berlin are much 'diminished' .
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