abatemeaning

Something that abates becomes fewer or less intense. Your enthusiasm for skiing might abate after falling off a ski lift and getting a mouthful of snow.

vi. 減退; 減輕; 減少. vt. 減少；消除. 牛津中文字典 ...

abate, subside, wane, ebb mean to die down in force or intensity. abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing.

ABATE meaning: to become weaker to decrease in strength.

1. to make less in amount, degree, force, etc. 2. to deduct.

Healthy adaptation (indeed survival) relies on the ability to produce increased levels of cortisol under stress and to reduce production once stress has abated.

Some common synonyms of abate are ebb, subside, and wane. While all these words mean to die down in force or intensity, abate stresses the idea of progressive ...

​to become less intense or severe; to make something less intense or severe. The storm showed no signs of abating. They waited for the crowd's fury to abate ...

to become less strong, or to make something less strong: Our desire for consumer goods has not abated.