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衰退，减少，降低 ABATE/abate abatement to reduce and to make sth less strong PALLIATE/ palliate 减轻，掩饰 palliative 减轻的缓和的 DAMPEN/ dampen make (sth) damp 使（某物）潮湿: I always dampen shirts before ironing them. make (sth) less strong; restrain 使（某事物）减弱; 抑制: dampen (down) sb’s spirits, enthusiasm, etc DEADEN/ deaden lessen the force or intensity of (sth) 减低（某物）的力量或强度: Your constant criticism has deadened their enthusiasm. make sb insensitive to sth 使某人对某事的感觉迟钝: Unhappiness had deadened her to the lives of others. . bate=reduce rebate=reduce 回扣 debate=辩论，争论 The storm showed no signs of abating. He waited for the crowd’s fury to abate Abate part of the price. SUBSIDE/subside To become less and quiet My anger subsided. WANE/wane To decrease in size, extend or degree Wax and wane of the moon. To become less powerful or less important Her popularity waned. FLAG/ flag become tired, less active, or less interesting; weaken 变得疲倦﹑ 不活跃或乏味; 衰弱: My strength, interest, enthusiasm, etc is flagging. （尤指植物）萎蔫, 枯萎: Roses will flag in the summer heat. Flagging flaggy SERE/ sere Adj 干枯的，枯萎的 EBB/ebb 退潮，衰退 The ebb and flow of the tides. His energy seemed to ebb. DEBILITATE/ debilitate v [Tn] make (a person or his body) very weak 使（人或人的身体）非常虚弱: She has been debilitated by dysentery. EMACIATE/ emaciate 1 : to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin cattle emaciated by illness 2 : to make feeble ENFEEBLE/ enfeeble make weak or feeble 使衰弱; 使无力: enfeebled by a long illness ENERVATE/ enervate cause (sb) to lose strength or energy 使（某人）失去力量或精力; 使衰弱: a long, enervating illness IMPUISSANCE/ impuissance n 无能, 无力, 虚弱 PUNY/ puny 弱小的; 发育不良的; 未充分发展的: puny limbs, muscles, stature SAP/ sap (fig 比喻) vigour or energy 元气; 精力: He’s full of sap and ready to start. sappy adj (-ier, -iest) full of sap 多树液的; 精力充沛的.gradually weaken sb/sth by taking away (strength, vitality, etc) 逐渐削弱某人[某事物]（力量﹑ 活力等）: I was sapped by months of hospital treatm