PTE备考词汇：abate

abate

UK:  [ə'beɪt]

US:  [ə'beɪt]

第三人称单数：abates  现在分词：abating  过去分词：abated  

v.

1.减少,减轻(痛苦等);降低,减(价);缓和

2.(洪水、风暴、病痛等)减少,减轻,减退

3.消灭

4.止住,停息,渐渐平息

5.防止

6.〔律〕撤销(法令);扣减;停止诉讼;减免;(法令等)被废除

7.淡薄

8.除掉;夺去

9.【法律】中止,作废

10.【法律】取消(法令),中止(诉讼);排除(障碍)

1 . Analysts said the improvement around the world suggested that the recessionary forces buffeting the global economy were starting to abate.
分析师表示，全球制造业活动的改善显示，冲击全球经济的衰退力量已开始消退。

2 . Her husband Emil Abate says his family in California would not have objected to his marrying a woman of any race.
她丈夫爱米尔·阿贝托称他在加州的家人不会反对他和任何种族的人结婚。

3 . Mike Geoghegan, chief executive, said the rise in UK insolvencies looked "unlikely to abate" in the medium term.
汇丰银行首席执行官纪勤（MikeGeoghegan）表示，看起来在中期内英国破产案的升势“不太可能减缓”。

4 . "Those are the securities most vulnerable to some sort of change" , said Joseph Abate, strategist at Barclays Capital.
巴克莱资本策略师约瑟夫•阿倍特（JosephAbate）指出：“如果出现某种变化，那些债券是最容易受到冲击的。”

5 . Alibaba is taking move abate China foreign trade glides the menace of pair of its business.
阿里巴巴正在采取举措减弱中国外贸下滑对其业务的威胁。