| 单词 | abatement |
| 释义 | abatement (once / 4950 pages) n An abatement is a deduction, or lessening. If you start bluntly telling people what you think of them, you might see an abatement in their friendliness toward you. Abatement comes from the French word for batter, but abatement doesn’t usually have a negative sense––abatement reduces something, but doesn’t beat it to a pulp. Many cities offer tax abatements to reward businesses starting up in areas they want to develop. If your heat doesn't work, you could sue your landlord for a rent abatement, since you shouldn't have to pay rent for days you don't have heat. WORD FAMILYabatement: abatements+/abate: abatable, abated, abatement, abates, abating, abator/abated: unabated/unabated: unabatedly USAGE EXAMPLESIn St. Louis a developer is seeking 15 years of tax abatements to refurbish an abandoned armory into a hotel-office complex including a craft brewery. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Each home that was subject to an abatement complaint is located near a high school or middle school, Feuer said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) He also mocked politicians who offered low-interest loans and tax abatements to keep factories in the United States. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) 1n the act of abating laws enforcing noise abatement Hypo|Hyper abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance asbestos abatementthe removal of asbestos from a public building mitigation, moderation the action of lessening in severity or intensity 2n an interruption in the intensity or amount of something Syn|Hypo|Hyper hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension defervescence abatement of a fever as indicated by a reduction in body temperature remission, remittal, subsidencean abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) resolutionthe subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung) break, interruption some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity |
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