| 单词 |
diminishment |
| 释义 |
diˈminishment Now rare. Also 6 de-. [f. diminish v. + -ment. App. obsolete before 1700; used again in 19th c., but not common.] The action or process of diminishing (trans. and intr.); diminution, lessening, decrease, abatement.
1546Bale Eng. Votaries ii. (1550) 94 b, All is to demynyshment of a kynges power. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xiii. 35 His diuine majestie..the offence of diminishment wherof is an unpardonable crime. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. Pref. to Rdr., A pure, everlasting..Light, which will illustrate all things, without dammage and diminishment. 1837Lockhart Scott xliv, He received us..with little perceptible diminishment in the sprightliness of his manner. 1893G. D. Leslie Lett. to Marco xxvi. 171 A diminishment in their numbers. |

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