单词详解 | abatement

abatement
音标
英音/ əˈbeɪtmənt / 美音/ əˈbeɪtmənt /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Purdue Pharma said they would focus on investing money into “victim compensation, opioid crisis abatement and overdose rescue medicines” going forward.
普渡制药公司表示,他们未来将重点投资于“受害者赔偿、阿片类药物危机缓解和过量救援药物”。
BBC

Sooner or later, the bill will come due for the enormous costs of flood abatement in the face of ever-increasing major hurricanes.
面对日益严重的飓风,防洪所需的巨大成本迟早会到期。
Washington Post

It comes after Manchester City Council issued the venue with a noise abatement notice last year.
此前,曼彻斯特市议会去年向该场馆发出了噪音消除通知。
BBC

基本释意
noun
the act of abating
减少;消除;减轻

同义词
hiatus,reprieve,respite,suspension

短释义
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.
减少是减少或减少。如果你开始直言不讳地告诉别人你对他们的看法,你可能会发现他们对你的友善程度有所减弱。

长释义
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.
减量(Abatement)源自法语,意为“击球手”,但减量通常没有负面意义——减量会减少某些东西,但不会将其打得一团糟。许多城市提供税收减免,以奖励在他们想要发展的地区创办的企业。如果你的暖气不起作用,你可以起诉房东要求减租,因为你不应该在没有暖气的日子里支付租金。

文学例句
The three women sat talking about various miseries they had had, their cure or abatement, what had helped.
三个女人坐下来谈论她们所经历的各种痛苦、治愈或减轻的方法,以及有什么帮助。
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The author also informs us that “the tracts will be sold for sevenpence each, without abatement on quantity.”
作者还告诉我们,“这些单张将以每张七便士的价格出售,数量不会减少。”
Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

It must be received, however, with many abatements.
然而,它必须在许多减免的情况下被接受。
Norman’s New Orleans and Environs
Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and
State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the
Earliest Period to the Present Time by Norman, B. M.

词源
abatement (n.)”act or state of being decreased or mitigated” in some way, mid-14c., from Old French abatement “overthrowing; reduction,” from abatre “strike down; reduce” (see abate). Now mostly in the legal sense “destruction or removal of a nuisance, etc.” (1520s).Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
abatement (n.)“以某种方式减少或减轻的行为或状态”,14世纪中期,源自古法语 abatement“推翻;减少”,源自 abatre“击倒;减少”(参见 abate)。现在主要是法律意义上的“破坏或消除滋扰等”。 (1520s)。相关条目及更多


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