Translation of decrease – English–Traditional Chinese dictionary

decrease

verb [ I or T ]

/dɪˈkriːs/ uk

/ˈdiː.kriːs/ us

/dɪˈkriːs/ us

/ˈdiː.kriːs/

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to become less, or to make something become less

（使）減少；（使）下降；（使）降低

Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year. 今年我們的市場份額急劇下降。

We have decreased our involvement in children's books. 我們減少了在兒童讀物方面的投入。

Opposite

increase

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During the 1980s, the amount of ozone in the stratosphere above Europe decreased by about 8%.
Total unemployment has decreased in the past year.
The pop star's popularity decreased as he got older, which is only to be expected.
The government proposed decreasing the annual expenditure on arms.
To make the sleeve get narrower toward the cuff, you gradually decrease the number of stitches on your needle.

decrease

noun [ C or U ]

/ˈdiː.kriːs/ us

/ˈdiː.kriːs/

a reduction

減少；下降；降低

There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors. 訪客數量持續減少。

I haven't noticed much decrease in interest. 我並未發現人們的興趣有大幅下降的趨勢。

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There was a slight decrease in his weight after a week of dieting.
Any decrease in tourism could have a serious effect on the local economy.
The report's finding on the decrease in violent crime supports the police chief's claims.
We have seen a marked decrease in the number of accidents since these safety measures were introduced.
We've noticed a steady decrease in jobs available for new graduates in the industry.

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Examples of decrease

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The fixed costs are more important if k increases or/and if decreases.

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The proportion of older people using public home-help services decreased over the 15 years, particularly among the oldest old.

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Since u strictly decreases when y increases, is injective.

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As f falls below unity p0 /f 2 increases and 0 f decreases.

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Taxing capital at a higher rate decreases both gross wage inequality and net inequality.

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Finally, morphological borrowing leads to increased, rather than decreased, allomorphy.

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Moreover, these memory errors were consistently decreased by the negative symptoms reflecting lack of emotion or social interactions, although this observation was unexpected.

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In the case when design decisions were made probabilistically, the effects of the domain heuristics on the run time completely switched, significantly decreasing run time.

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（使）减少, （使）下降, （使）降低…

Translation of decrease – English–Traditional Chinese dictionary

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