lessen
/ˈlɛsən/ 动词 B1中文： 减少
- To make less; to diminish; to reduce. · a. 1686, Benjamin Calamy, a sermon Charity […] shall lessen his punishment.
- To become less.
He/she/it lessens · 过去式 lessened · 过去分词 lessened · -ing形式 lessening
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- -ing形式
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“That’s the reason they’re called lessons,” the Gryphon remarked: “because they lessen from day to day.”
“But it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying men of any consideration in the world,” replied Darcy.
The next was in these words:--“‘I do not pretend to regret anything I shall leave in Hertfordshire except your society, my dearest friend; but we will hope, at some future period, to enjoy many returns of that delightful intercourse we have known, and in the meanwhile may lessen the pain of separation by a very frequent and most unreserved correspondence.
“That is not an unnatural surmise,” said Fitzwilliam; “but it is lessening the honour of my cousin’s triumph very sadly.”
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