| 釋義 |
abatevt. 1. lessen,shorten減少,縮短。 △Mid. 3. 2. 431:“O longand tedious night,/ Abate thy hours!”啊,漫長而倦人的黑夜,把你的時間縮短些吧! 2. make blunt,dull the edge of,weaken. repress,ren-der ineffective使鈍,使(刀刃)變鈍,削弱,抑制,使得不起作用。 △R.III. 5. 4. 48 (5. 5.35):“Abate the edge of trai-tors,” i.e. make blunt the edges of traitors' swords. 使得叛徒們刀劍的鋒刃變鈍而不起作用。 3. ?diminish縮減。 ?blunt把…弄鈍。 △2H. IV. 1. 1.117: “Which once in him abated,”這種氣概一旦隨他而縮減(雙關(guān):變鈍)。 4. deprive,curtail剝奪,削減。 △Lr. 2. 4. 161 (159):“She hath abated me of half my train;”她把我的隨從裁減了一半。 5. weaken,diminish 削弱,減小。 △Rom. 4. 1. 120:“Abate thy valour in the acting it.”削弱你在實行中的勇氣。 6. decrease the intensity of,moderate減輕…的強度,使和緩。 △Ham. 4. 7. 115: “A kind of wick and snuffthat will abate it,”一條燈芯或是燒枯的燭花,足以削弱愛的火焰。 ~vi. decrease,become less減少,變小。 △H. V. 4. 4. 50(47): “Tell him my fury shall abate,and I/Thecrowns will take.”告訴他,我的怒火會消的,他的金幣我愿意收下。
abateprep. except 除了…之外。 △L. L. L. 5. 2. 545(544):“Abate throw at novum,”除非擲骰子擲出五點。 abate[??beit]v. 減少,減輕,降價,打折,廢除,失效 ◇ abate an action 撤銷訴訟 abate a price 還價 abate a tax 減稅 abate of the price 降價 ‖ abatement n. 撤銷,減價 abatement and exemption from penalty 免除刑罰 abatement claim 請求減免 abatement cost 消除有害事物的成本 abatement from action 撤訴 abatement from penalty 減刑 abatement of action 撤銷訴訟 abatement of debts 減少債務(wù) abatement of freehold 霸占遺產(chǎn),廢除、撤銷終身保有的地產(chǎn) abatement of inflation 減輕通貨膨脹 abatement of legacies 減 少 遺贈 abatement of penalty 減刑 abatement of penalty by degree on account of voluntary denunciation 自首減刑 abatement of rent 減租 abatement of suit 撤訴 abatement of taxes 減稅 abatement order 撤銷令 no abatement made 不二價 plea in abatement妨訴抗辯 tax abatement 減稅 |