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attenuate
- reduce the force, effect, or value of；reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation)
- reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness
verb: attenuate, 3rd person present: attenuates, gerund or present participle: attenuating, past tense: attenuated, past participle: attenuated
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動詞
- 1. reduce the force, effect, or value of this research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidification
- ▪ reduce the amplitude of (a signal, electric current, or other oscillation) the filter must severely attenuate frequencies above 10 Hz
- ▪ reduce the virulence of (a pathogenic organism), especially when preparing a vaccine the first live vaccine was insufficiently attenuated and produced a significant disease
- 2. reduce in thickness; make thin.
形容詞
- 1. rare reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness the doctrines of Christianity became very attenuate and distorted
- having been reduced in force, effect, or value: it appears likely that the courts will be given an attenuated role in the enforcement of these decisions
Oxford American Dictionary
- having been reduced in force, effect, or value: it appears likely that the courts will be given an attenuated role in the enforcement of these decisions
Oxford Dictionary
- 更多解釋
- reduce the force, effect, or value of: this research provides a glimmer of hope that coral reefs can attenuate the effects of ocean acidification
- reduced in force, effect, or physical thickness: the doctrines of Christianity became very attenuate and distorted
Oxford American Dictionary
