diminished
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃt/ 形容词 C1中文： 减少的、减弱的、被贬低的
- lessened, reduced · The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
- made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable · She felt diminished by the report card.
- reduced by a semitone
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When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired.
This loophole, which gradually diminished in size as it approached the outside, to an opening through which a child could not have passed, was, for better security, furnished with three iron bars, so as to quiet all apprehensions even in the mind of the most suspicious jailer as to the possibility of a prisoner’s escape.
“Fly, then!” cried Mademoiselle d’Armilly, whose pity returned as her fears diminished; “fly!”
Consequently, the anticipated satisfaction derived from our final decision is significantly diminished by the phantom allure of the myriad unchosen paths.
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