English → Chinese
abate
/BrE əˈbeɪt 
, AmE əˈbeɪt /
A intransitive verb
«flood, temperature» 减退; «epidemic, pain, anger» 减轻; «feeling, terror, noise» 减少;
the wind had abated from force 10 to force 8 风力已从10级降到8级;
her fever abated a little 她的烧退了一点
B transitive verb
1 (general) 减少 ‹tax, noise, pollution›
2 Law (end) 消除;
to abate a nuisance 消除妨害