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777. Diminish - GRE Vocabulary - GRE Verbs - Diminish / Diminishing / Diminished

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2023. 3. 1.
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Diminish : (크기/중요성/강도 등) 줄어들다, 약해지다, 약화시키다, 줄이다
Diminishing : 줄어드는

Diminished : 감소된, 줄어든, 권위가 떨어진, 위신이 떨어진, (음악)반음 줄인

Diminished Responsibility : (정신 이상에 의한) 한정 책임 능력, 정신능력 저하

Diminishing Returns : 수확 체감 (노력 대비 보상이나 수익이 비례하지 않고 줄어드는 법칙)

 

 

 

1)
diminish, means to become less, to become less important
the swelling in my arm has diminished
it's got smaller
it's reduced
the danger has diminish, so to reduce in importance
to diminish the intensity of something
the pain has diminished
the threat of war has diminished
the govermnent has drawn up new laws to diminish the power of the banks for example
one of the probelms we are facing in this world is the problem of diminishing resources
to diminish, to reduce, to cut down, to get less
to reduce in size or importance or intensity
I don't want to diminish your success but you did have a lot of help from other people
a diminished capacity
the accidient diminished the capacity of the factory
diminishing returns, you put more efforts and you get much better and you put more effort and you get even better but there comes a point where putting more effort is less effective
to get less
to make smaller
to become smaller
to taper off
to disappear gradually
to take away
it diminishs my reputation
it would diminish the prestige or authority 
the scandal has diminished the reputation of the ruling party
it weakens
it shrinks
it dwindles
it wanes
it recedes
it subsides
it ebbs
it tapers off
it dies out
it fades away

 

2)
a phrase that I like with this is somebody of diminished responsibility
this is somebody who is intellectually not very bright and they have very low IQ and that they only understand things in a very simple way and therefore they are of diminished responsibility 
they have less responsibility of care than the rest of us

 


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