单词	diminution
释义	diminutiondim‧i‧nu‧tion /ˌdɪməˈnjuːʃən $ -ˈnuː-/ AWL noun [countable, uncountable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdiminution Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, Latin minuere ‘to make less’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A magnification or a diminution reveals the same pattern. But as time wore on priests found themselves facilitating their own diminution. Cohen saw no diminution in the threat from those two countries. In a minimal deficit, the only manifestation may be unilateral diminution of arm swing during spontaneous walking. Looking at the administrative and financial arrangements more generally, the diminution of political concern is remarkable. The proliferation of personal computers in the last decade has often, embarrassingly, gone with an actual diminution in methodological sophistication. Their analyses downplayed the diminution of government support to those left behind. Thus diminution of prostacyclin production and stimulation of platelet aggregation both mediated by lipid peroxides could contribute to thrombosis on atheromatous plaques. a reduction in the size, number, or amount of somethingdiminution of/in a diminution in value
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