The verb is pronounced /dɪ'kriːs/. The noun is pronounced /'diːkriːs/. 动词读作 /dɪ'kriːs/。名词读作 /'diːkriːs/。
- V-ERG (使)减少;(使)减小;(使)降低
When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year...
人口增长率正在以每年 1.4% 的速度下降。 - The number of independent firms decreased from 198 to 96...
独立公司的数量从 198 个减少到了 96个。 - Raw-steel production by the nation's mills decreased 2.1% last week...
上周该国钢铁厂的原钢产量下降了 2.1%。 - Since 1945 air forces have decreased in size...
自 1945 年以来,空军的规模已经有所缩减。 - Gradually decrease the amount of vitamin C you are taking...
逐渐减少维生素 C 的服用量。 - We've got stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。
- N-COUNT 减少;减小;降低
A decrease in the quantity, size, or intensity of something is a reduction in it.
- ...a decrease in the number of young people out of work...
失业青年人数的减少 - Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.
银行的基本利率已从 10% 降到了 6%,降幅高达 40%。