decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle
这些协词的共同含义是“减少,变少”。
decrease : 指逐渐地、不断地减少。
Interest in the sport is decreasing.(人们对此项运动的兴趣已逐渐减退。)
diminish : 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。
We should try to diminish the cost of production.(我们应尽力减少生产成本。)
lessen : 普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。
Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat.(演讲辞通过翻译的嘴说出来, 多少削弱了演讲的力量。)
reduce : 普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。
The driver reduced the driving speed.(司机减低了车速。)
dwindle与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
deal with, cope with, dispose of, manage, handle
这些动词或短语动词都含有“处理”,“对付”之意。
deal with : 既可指处理具体事情,也可指处理或解决具有抽象意义的问题。
He must deal with many difficulties.(他必须应付许多困难。)
cope with : 指成功地处理或对付更为重大,更为严重的问题或事物。
I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.(既要照顾家庭又要工作, 我不知道她是怎样应下来的。)
dispose of与deal with同义,普通用法。
He doesn't know how to dispose of his spare time.(他不知如何打发空余时间。)
manage : 指处理日常事务与工作,也可指经营管理。
My son is a lawyer, so he manages all my legal affairs.(我儿子是律师, 由他处理我全部的法律事务。)
handle : 从原义“手柄”,转引申为作“处理”解时,其内涵是管理和操纵。
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