- Verb
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1. make less active or intense
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2. become less in amount or intensity;
- 1. The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.
- 医生给了他某种药,以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。
来自《用法词典》
- 2. The storm began to abate slightly.
- 风暴开始稍有所减弱。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. We must abate the noise pollution in our city.
- 我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》


