minimized

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 minimise


1. VERB 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
   If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
   1. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...
      相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
   2. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.
      这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
2. VERB 对…轻描淡写；使显得不重要
   If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
   1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...
      有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
   2. At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.
      接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。
3. VERB 把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
   If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
   1. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
      再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。

1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors
   有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
2. The establishment-muzzled press has minimized this important people's victory.
   受官方控制的新闻界贬低了这次人民的重大胜利。
3. Energy expenditure can be minimized by a properly performed above-the-knee amputation.
   能量消耗可通过恰当的膝上截肢术最小化。
4. The delay due to the carry propagation through the adder stages can be minimized when a carry-look-ahead scheme is used.
   采用越级进位方式可以减小逐级进位造成的延时。
5. Linear problems can be either maximized or minimized.
   线性问题可以是最大化问题，也可以是最小化问题。
6. How much can be minimized, of course, depends on the product and type of problem.
   当然，具体能减少多少，取决于产品和问题类型。
7. Backup and recovery are essential for any business environment where data loss must be minimized if not totally avoided.
   对于必须最小化数据丢失（如果不能完全避免的话）的任何业务环境，备份和恢复是最基本的操作。
8. As discussed above, complexity can't be avoided or even proven to be minimized.
   正如上面所讨论的那样，复杂性不能被避免，甚至不能被证明为最小化。
9. The need for creating, maintaining and merging several versions of the code is also minimized or eliminated.
   而且不需要或很少需要创建、维护和合并多个版本的代码。
10. The cost of data collection and sharing should be minimized.
    数据收集和共享的费用应最小。
11. There will be data loss, but the impact to database performance is minimized.
    此时将会存在数据丢失的现象，但对数据库性能的影响可降低到最低限度。
12. Increased application availability and minimized administrative costs.
    提高的应用可用性和最少的管理成本。
13. This process results in writes to the consumable storage and should therefore be minimized.
    此进程会导致写入到可消耗的存储，因此应尽量减少。
14. Locking and logging are minimized, and the table's contents are deleted when the session terminates.
    这会尽可能减少锁和日志记录。在会话终止时删除临时表的内容。
15. By excluding unnecessary event tables and fields from being collected, performance impact can be minimized.
    通过避免收集不必要的事件表和字段，对性能的影响即可降低到最低限度。
16. This impact can be minimized by careful placement of the federated server logs on high-performance disks.
    通过小心地将联邦服务器日志放置在高性能磁盘上，可以最小化这种影响。
17. High Availability – Downtime can be minimized with replication and fault tolerant hosted configurations.
    高可用性&有了复制与容错的托管配置，宕机时间可以最小化。
18. Technical and computational details within chapters were minimized as much as possible.
    各个章节里技术和计算的细节被尽可能地压缩了。
19. Second, the production and distribution cycle was short, which minimized inventories.
    其次，生产周期和分配周期较短，这帮助库存降至最低水平。
20. The shutdown times can thereby be minimized.
    因此可以将停车次数减至最少。
21. Platforms, ladders and stairways shall be minimized consistent with access and safety requirements.
    平台、梯子和楼梯应减到最少以符合通道和安全要求。
22. This effect can be minimized by careful design.
    精心的设计可使这效应减至最小。
23. If friction is not minimized, excessive heat and wear will severely limit the life and usefulness of machines.
    过多的摩擦会产生过多的热量和磨损，从而严重限制机器的寿命和性能。
24. Oddly, only two of these three states have been given names by Microsoft: minimized and maximized.
    奇怪的是微软只命名了这3种状态中的两种，即最小化和最大化。
25. They minimized the accident.
    他们低估了意外事件的严重性。
26. The waste that can not be minimized, reused or recovered shall be stored and disposed of safely.
    不能最小化、重复利用或回收的废物应安全储存和处理。
27. If someone is not fully understood then it also feels as if the problem is minimized.
    在那个人没有被充分理解的条件下，给人的感觉就是这个问题被“最小化”了。
28. Cost is minimized by sacrificing the intelligence needed to route packets.
    由于牺牲了规定包路由所需的智能，从而使成本降低。
29. These variables can be minimized with good lighting, ventilation and good scaffolding techniques.
    可通过良好的照明、通风和脚手架搭建技术将这些变量减少到最低。
30. This lag phenomenon had to be minimized by design.
    这种延迟现象必须通过设计来使其最小化。

adj

1. reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree