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Definition of decrease in English: decreaseverb dɪˈkriːsdəˈkris Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. 减少，减小，减弱，降低 no object the population of the area has decreased radically 该地区的人口急速下降。 with object the aisles were decreased in height 通道的高度减低了。 Example sentencesExamples - By the time the job was done, the bedroom had decreased in area by four square metres.
- Of course, students are still borrowing, but my advice has been that the average amount is decreasing.
- There has even been a two per cent decrease in the number of cars torched.
- Calculations carried out by the team suggest bust and hip size have decreased while waist size has expanded.
- While employment figures continue to fall, their rate of decline has decreased.
- We have seen an eighty per cent decrease in the number of firework injuries in the past two years.
- Due to the farm crisis production in the rural areas has decreased by 25 percent.
- Another reason why large towns and cities are generally warmer is due to decreased amounts of evaporation.
- When fertility decreased, the garden would be abandoned and a new patch of land burnt for use.
- The leaping activity is higher in infested compared to non-infested fish, and is decreasing with size.
- Industry decreased and the area was not as good farming country as some once thought.
- Therefore, the wear rate of rhino teeth, in terms of crown height, may decrease exponentially with age.
- The rashes decrease when the temperature subsides, but during the recurrence of fever, they reappear in a virulent form.
- Its height was decreased by about 6 metres and only one clock was left on the front of the building.
- Children from existing neighbourhoods will be affected by this catchment area decreasing.
- In a few years when the amount of smokers has decreased - that is when we should ban smoking in public places.
- The longest wavelengths are in the red area, decreasing through yellow, green, blue, to violet.
- Russian security unilateralism would decrease; consultation would increase.
- The tropopause can be defined as the place where the temperature stops decreasing with height and becomes constant.
Synonyms lessen, grow/become less, grow/become smaller, reduce, drop, diminish, decline, dwindle, contract, shrink, fall off, die down abate, subside, let up, tail off, ebb, wane, taper off, peter out, lighten sink, slump, plummet, plunge reduce, lessen, make less/fewer, lower, cut down/back (on), cut, curtail, contract, diminish, narrow, pare down, slim down, tone down, temper, weaken, deplete, minimize informal slash
noun ˈdiːkriːsdəˈkris An instance of becoming smaller or fewer. 减小，减少 出生人口减少。 mass noun the rate of decrease became greater 减慢的速率加大了。 Example sentencesExamples - The total amount of money sent home dropped along with a decrease in the number of migrant workers.
- There has been a big decrease in unemployment over the past year, with a drop of 583 since October 1999.
- Perhaps the greatest societal benefit will be a decrease in the divorce rate.
- The capital encountered severe drought this year due to a sharp decrease in rainfall.
- As for the decrease in deaths, a marked reduction in AIDS-related mortality has been observed in recent years.
- Interest rates on banking credits are expected to fall with the decrease in the basic interest rate.
- In the last few decades all these countries estimated a decrease in their birth rate, but they also registered stabilization.
- This reduction in mortality was almost entirely due to a decrease in deaths due to accidental overdose.
- Then came the economic downturn and a sharp decrease in the numbers venturing onto the slopes.
- There is a general decrease in rainfall and an increase in the range of temperatures experienced as one moves away from the coast.
- After all, a shrinking readership does not always imply a decrease in stature.
- Attacks resulted in a marked decrease in growth rate and massive damage from which the tree never fully recovered.
- The increasing occurrences of drought and an overall decrease in absolute rainfall promoted drier climates.
- A slowdown in the birth rate has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of younger people in the workforce.
- The decrease in quarterly rate from 1992 onwards was seen consistently across the regions.
- The decrease in information mail has fallen off dramatically, to be replaced with a corresponding increase in junk mail.
- This in its turn will lead to a decrease in the rate of economic growth, stagnation and shrinking of markets.
- This study is so far too short-term to conclude whether this will in fact cause a decrease in mortality rates from cancer.
- One in three of those polled said that a decrease in interest rates would result in a substantial increase in the number of people who would seek a bank loan.
Synonyms reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off letting up, slackening, downturn, cut, cutback, curtailment, diminution, contraction, shrinkage, ebb, wane, de-escalation dying down, abatement North American downtick
PhrasesBecoming less common or widespread; decreasing. 在衰减中；在减少中 marriage is on the decrease Example sentencesExamples - Dirgopal Mangal, says conversion is on the decrease.
- Printmakers are on the decrease, especially in this country, and she wishes to revive a demand for prints.
- With inflation set to fall even further from an all time low of 1.9% in December for once the trend may just show the graph on the decrease rather than on an ever increasing curve.
- The spokesman added that their latest figures suggested the number of parking tickets being issued was on the decrease.
- Such being the case, it is not exaggerating to say that the number of applicants for the doctoral degree is on the decrease in Korea.
- Yet the familial act of reading is apparently on the decrease.
- The number of people on the unemployment register locally is on the decrease.
- Apart from the burglary figures, crime as a whole was on the decrease, according to Insp Jones.
- As in several European countries, the population of the elderly is on the rise and that of children on the decrease.
- The total investment however, has been steadily on the decrease since the economic crisis hit the country in the middle of 1997.
Derivativesadverbdɪˈkriːsɪŋli as submodifier voters have proved decreasingly willing to support the party 选民们显得越来越不愿意支持该党了。
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- 'down' + crescere 'grow'. crescent from Late Middle English: The Romans referred to the thin curve of the waxing moon early in its cycle as luna crescens, ‘growing moon’. Crescens comes from Latin crescere ‘to grow’, the source of many English words such as the late 19th century curved croissant (the French form of crescent), accrue (Late Middle English), decrease (Late Middle English), and increase (Late Middle English). From being applied to the moon the word came to be applied to anything of that same shape. See also crew
Definition of decrease in US English: decreaseverbdəˈkris Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree. 减少，减小，减弱，降低 no object the population of the area has decreased radically 该地区的人口急速下降。 with object in some cases vitamin E has decreased cholesterol levels Example sentencesExamples - Industry decreased and the area was not as good farming country as some once thought.
- The tropopause can be defined as the place where the temperature stops decreasing with height and becomes constant.
- Its height was decreased by about 6 metres and only one clock was left on the front of the building.
- While employment figures continue to fall, their rate of decline has decreased.
- Calculations carried out by the team suggest bust and hip size have decreased while waist size has expanded.
- Of course, students are still borrowing, but my advice has been that the average amount is decreasing.
- Due to the farm crisis production in the rural areas has decreased by 25 percent.
- Russian security unilateralism would decrease; consultation would increase.
- In a few years when the amount of smokers has decreased - that is when we should ban smoking in public places.
- The rashes decrease when the temperature subsides, but during the recurrence of fever, they reappear in a virulent form.
- Therefore, the wear rate of rhino teeth, in terms of crown height, may decrease exponentially with age.
- By the time the job was done, the bedroom had decreased in area by four square metres.
- When fertility decreased, the garden would be abandoned and a new patch of land burnt for use.
- Another reason why large towns and cities are generally warmer is due to decreased amounts of evaporation.
- The leaping activity is higher in infested compared to non-infested fish, and is decreasing with size.
- Children from existing neighbourhoods will be affected by this catchment area decreasing.
- There has even been a two per cent decrease in the number of cars torched.
- We have seen an eighty per cent decrease in the number of firework injuries in the past two years.
- The longest wavelengths are in the red area, decreasing through yellow, green, blue, to violet.
Synonyms lessen, become less, grow less, become smaller, grow smaller, reduce, drop, diminish, decline, dwindle, contract, shrink, fall off, die down reduce, lessen, make fewer, make less, lower, cut back, cut down, cut back on, cut down on, cut, curtail, contract, diminish, narrow, pare down, slim down, tone down, temper, weaken, deplete, minimize
noundəˈkris An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer. 减小，减少 出生人口减少。 the rate of decrease became greater 减慢的速率加大了。 Example sentencesExamples - There is a general decrease in rainfall and an increase in the range of temperatures experienced as one moves away from the coast.
- Then came the economic downturn and a sharp decrease in the numbers venturing onto the slopes.
- Attacks resulted in a marked decrease in growth rate and massive damage from which the tree never fully recovered.
- Perhaps the greatest societal benefit will be a decrease in the divorce rate.
- This reduction in mortality was almost entirely due to a decrease in deaths due to accidental overdose.
- This in its turn will lead to a decrease in the rate of economic growth, stagnation and shrinking of markets.
- The increasing occurrences of drought and an overall decrease in absolute rainfall promoted drier climates.
- One in three of those polled said that a decrease in interest rates would result in a substantial increase in the number of people who would seek a bank loan.
- There has been a big decrease in unemployment over the past year, with a drop of 583 since October 1999.
- The capital encountered severe drought this year due to a sharp decrease in rainfall.
- As for the decrease in deaths, a marked reduction in AIDS-related mortality has been observed in recent years.
- The decrease in quarterly rate from 1992 onwards was seen consistently across the regions.
- A slowdown in the birth rate has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of younger people in the workforce.
- The total amount of money sent home dropped along with a decrease in the number of migrant workers.
- After all, a shrinking readership does not always imply a decrease in stature.
- Interest rates on banking credits are expected to fall with the decrease in the basic interest rate.
- This study is so far too short-term to conclude whether this will in fact cause a decrease in mortality rates from cancer.
- In the last few decades all these countries estimated a decrease in their birth rate, but they also registered stabilization.
- The decrease in information mail has fallen off dramatically, to be replaced with a corresponding increase in junk mail.
Synonyms reduction, drop, lessening, lowering, decline, falling off
PhrasesBecoming less common or widespread; decreasing. 在衰减中；在减少中 Example sentencesExamples - Dirgopal Mangal, says conversion is on the decrease.
- Printmakers are on the decrease, especially in this country, and she wishes to revive a demand for prints.
- With inflation set to fall even further from an all time low of 1.9% in December for once the trend may just show the graph on the decrease rather than on an ever increasing curve.
- As in several European countries, the population of the elderly is on the rise and that of children on the decrease.
- The total investment however, has been steadily on the decrease since the economic crisis hit the country in the middle of 1997.
- Apart from the burglary figures, crime as a whole was on the decrease, according to Insp Jones.
- Yet the familial act of reading is apparently on the decrease.
- Such being the case, it is not exaggerating to say that the number of applicants for the doctoral degree is on the decrease in Korea.
- The number of people on the unemployment register locally is on the decrease.
- The spokesman added that their latest figures suggested the number of parking tickets being issued was on the decrease.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French decreis (noun), decreistre (verb), based on Latin decrescere, from de- ‘down’ + crescere ‘grow’. |