diminished
英語
[编辑]外語每日一詞 – 2025年3月3日
發音
[编辑]動詞
[编辑]diminished
形容詞
[编辑]diminished (比較級 more diminished，最高級 most diminished)
- 減少的；降低的；減弱的
- The diminished Roman Empire never recovered from the sack of Rome.
- 衰落的罗马帝国再未从罗马被劫之后恢复过来。
- 1942 May-June，“Notes and News: War and the American Railways”, in Railway Magazine，頁 184:
- Another well-known express to disappear on the same date was the Blue Comet of the Central of New Jersey, an all-coach luxury express which operated between New York and Atlantic City; in this case the reason is diminished patronage.
- 同一天停运的另一趟著名快车是新泽西中央铁路的蓝色彗星号，这是一条往返于纽约和大西洋城之间的全车厢豪华快车，此次被砍掉的原因是客流减少。
- 被貶低的
- She felt diminished by the report card.
- 成绩单让她感觉受到了贬低。
- (音樂) 低半音的
反義詞
[编辑]- (“音樂”的反義詞)： augmented
同類詞彙
[编辑]- (音樂)： perfect
派生詞彙
[编辑]- bidiminished
- diminished capacity
- diminished fifth
- diminished fourth
- diminished interval
- diminished ninth
- diminished octave
- diminished radix complement
- diminished responsibility
- diminished second
- diminished seventh
- diminished seventh chord
- diminished sixth
- diminished third
- diminished triad
- diminished value
- half-diminished seventh chord
- tridiminished
- undiminished
參考資料
[编辑]- “diminished”，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.