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DIMINISH
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Traducere în limba română
diminish verb A. tranzitiv
1. a diminua, a reduce, a scădea, a micşora, a împuţina.
2. (fig.) a umili, a înjosi, a degrada.
3. (text.) a îngusta; a scădea ochiurile (cu gen.).
4. (arhit.) a subţia (în formă de con sau piramidă).
diminish verb B. intranzitiv
a se diminua, a descreşte, a scădea, a slăbi, a se micşora, a se împuţina.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
“Oh! Aye, aye! Indeed!” said my host, with much diminished interest.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
I watched to see whether it would spread: but no; as it did not diminish, so it did not enlarge.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
The storm broke that night, which is to say that it diminished as slowly as it had arisen.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
But beneath the swing and go of the story was to be something else—something that the superficial reader would never discern and which, on the other hand, would not diminish in any way the interest and enjoyment for such a reader.
(Martin Eden, de Jack London)
Analyzing large observational studies, the researchers saw that CKD and AKI were also risk factors for development of cardiovascular disease, progressive decreases in kidney function that can lead to kidney failure, diminished quality of life, disability and premature death.
(Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease each a risk of the other, NIH)
You cannot diminish the length of his living by killing him, for he is without beginning or end.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
He did not like to diminish the property by division, and yet he was anxious that Mr. Edward should have wealth, too, to keep up the consequence of the name; and, soon after he was of age, some steps were taken that were not quite fair, and made a great deal of mischief.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
And of what use has it been? Master and owner of a ship at the top of my life, as you say, when I am beginning to diminish and die. Paltry, isn’t it?
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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