Chinese | English |
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減 verb | lose(shed (weight)) subtract [subtracted, subtracting, subtracts](to remove or reduce) |
減價 preposition | on offer(for sale at a reduced price) |
減免稅收 noun | tax relief(reduction in tax) |
減刑 noun | commutation [commutations](the change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State) |
減去 verb | subtract [subtracted, subtracting, subtracts](to remove or reduce) |
減壓 noun | decompression [decompressions](process of decompressing) |
減壓病 noun | decompression sickness(condition from rapid decompression) |
減少 verb | abate [abated, abating, abates]((obsolete) to omit or remove (a part from a whole), see also: deduct; subtract) decrease [decreased, decreasing, decreases](become smaller) dial down(reduce in intensity) dwindle [dwindled, dwindling, dwindles]((intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish) reduce [reduced, reducing, reduces](to bring down) slack off(to decrease in intensity) turn down(reduce amount) |
減少 noun | decrease [decreases](amount of decrease) |
減少 /jiǎnshǎo/ verb | lessen [lessened, lessening, lessens](to make less) |
減少損失 verb | cut one's losses(discontinue an effort that seems unlikely to ever bear fruit) |
減弱 verb | abate [abated, abating, abates](to lessen (something) in force or intensity, see also: moderate) flag [flagged, flagging, flags](weaken) weaken [weakened, weakening, weakens](to make weaker) |
減數 noun | subtrahend [subtrahends](A number or quantity to be subtracted from another) |
減數分裂 noun | meiosis [meioses](cell division) |
減法 noun | subtraction [subtractions](process) |
減稅 noun | tax cut(reducation in the rate of tax) |
減肥 verb | lose(shed (weight)) |
減肥 noun | weight loss [weight losses](reduction of body mass) |
減肥 /jiǎnféi/ verb | lose weight(to become less heavy or obese) |
減肥的 adjective | slimming(making a person seem or becoming slimmer) |
減號 noun | minus sign [minus signs](symbol used to denote the operation of subtraction and to indicate that a number is negative) |
減輕 verb | abate [abated, abating, abates](to lessen (something) in force or intensity, see also: moderate) alleviate [alleviated, alleviating, alleviates](make less severe) assuage [assuaged, assuaging, assuages](mitigate, relieve) |
減輕 noun | alleviation [alleviations]noun |
減速 verb | slow down(to reduce speed) |
減速 noun | deceleration [decelerations](the act or process of decelerating) |
減速帶 noun | speed bump [speed bumps](transverse ridge in the road) |
減震器 noun | dashpot(damping device) shock absorber(device to absorb shocks) |
偷工減料 verb | cut corners(do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job) |