| 单词 | diminishing |
| 释义 | diminish /di-minˈish/transitive verb
ORIGIN: Coined from (archaic) minish, in imitation of L dīminuere to break in pieces, from dī- (from dis-) apart, and minuere to make less, which in LL replaced the earlier dēminuere to lessen, from dē from, and minuere diminˈishable adjective diminˈished adjective
diminˈishing noun and adjective diminˈishingly adverb diminˈishment noun diminished responsibility noun Limitation in law of criminal responsibility on the grounds of mental weakness or abnormality, not merely of actual insanity diminishing glass noun A lens or combination of lenses that makes objects appear smaller law of diminishing returns The fact that there is a point beyond which any additional amount of work, expenditure, taxation, etc results in progressively smaller output, profits, yields, etc |
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