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decreasing 音标拼音: [dɪkr'isɪŋ] [d'ikr ,isɪŋ] adj. 减少的 减少的 decreasing递减 decreasing adj 1: becoming less or smaller [ ant: { increasing}] 2: music [ ant: { increasing}] Decrease \ De* crease"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Decreased}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Decreasing}.] [ OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d[' e] cro[^ i] tre, or from the OF. noun ( see { Decrease}, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de crescere to grow. See { Crescent}, and cf. { Increase}.] To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December. [ 1913 Webster] He must increase, but I must decrease. -- John iii. 30. Syn: To { Decrease}, { Diminish}. Usage: Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged. [ 1913 Webster] The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] Crete' s ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Decreasing \ De* creas" ing\, a. Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- { De* creas" ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] { Decreasing series} ( Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term. [ 1913 Webster]
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