| 单词 | decrement |
| 释义 | decrement (once / 113648 pages) n WORD FAMILY decrement: decrements USAGE EXAMPLESIt wasn’t quite a hole, but a relative decrement in the quantity of local ozone near the South Pole during a particular time of year. Slate(Sep 12, 2016) Even tiny increases, below five micrograms, “are associated with significant decrements in performance on standardized tests,” the researchers said. New York Times(Mar 03, 2016) Ranking points are then reduced in equal decrements for the remaining 91 weeks of the two-year time frame. Reuters(Sep 14, 2015) 1n a process of becoming smaller or shorter Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decrease growth, increase, increment a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important decay, decline a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current decline, diminutionchange toward something smaller or lower desensitisation, desensitizationthe process of reducing sensitivity narrowinga decrease in width slippagea decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping wastagethe process of wasting declension, decline in quality, deterioration, worseningprocess of changing to an inferior state detumescencediminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen ebb, ebbing, wanea gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) erosiona gradual decline of something exponential decay, exponential returna decrease that follows an exponential function lossgradual decline in amount or activity nosedivea sudden sharp drop or rapid decline sinking spella temporary decline in health or value slippagedecline from a standard level of performance or achievement physical process, process a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states 2n the amount by which something decreases Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decrease increase, increment the amount by which something increases dip, drop, fall, free fall a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity shrinkagethe amount by which something shrinks correctiona drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases voltage dropa decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion |
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