abate的意思|abate的解释-里氏词典

Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Abated}, p.
pr. & vb. n. {Abating}.] [OF. abatre to beat down, F.
abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular
form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. {Bate}, {Batter}.]
1. To beat down; to overthrow. [Obs.]

The King of Scots . . . sore abated the walls.
--Edw. Hall.

2. To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state,
number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to
moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate
pride, zeal, hope.

His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
--Deut. xxxiv.
7.

3. To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.

Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds.
--Fuller.

4. To blunt. [Obs.]

To abate the edge of envy. --Bacon.

5. To reduce in estimation; to deprive. [Obs.]

She hath abated me of half my train. --Shak.

6. (Law)
(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away
with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
(b) (Eng. Law) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable
to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a
deficiency of assets.

{To abate a tax}, to remit it either wholly or in part.

Abate \A*bate\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), n.
Abatement. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. i. [See {Abate}, v. t.]
1. To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as,
pain abates, a storm abates.

The fury of Glengarry . . . rapidly abated.
--Macaulay.

2. To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to
fail; as, a writ abates.

{To abate into a freehold}, {To abate in lands} (Law), to
enter into a freehold after the death of the last
possessor, and before the heir takes possession. See
{Abatement}, 4.

Syn: To subside; decrease; intermit; decline; diminish;
lessen.

Usage: To {Abate}, {Subside}. These words, as here compared,
imply a coming down from some previously raised or
excited state. Abate expresses this in respect to
degrees, and implies a diminution of force or of
intensity; as, the storm abates, the cold abates, the
force of the wind abates; or, the wind abates, a fever
abates. Subside (to settle down) has reference to a
previous state of agitation or commotion; as, the
waves subside after a storm, the wind subsides into a
calm. When the words are used figuratively, the same
distinction should be observed. If we conceive of a
thing as having different degrees of intensity or
strength, the word to be used is abate. Thus we say, a
man's anger abates, the ardor of one's love abates,
``Winter's rage abates''. But if the image be that of
a sinking down into quiet from preceding excitement or
commotion, the word to be used is subside; as, the
tumult of the people subsides, the public mind
subsided into a calm. The same is the case with those
emotions which are tumultuous in their nature; as, his
passion subsides, his joy quickly subsided, his grief
subsided into a pleasing melancholy. Yet if, in such
cases, we were thinking of the degree of violence of
the emotion, we might use abate; as, his joy will
abate in the progress of time; and so in other
instances.

At the same time, though the rumors about details will finally abate, people will have new fuel for speculation on whether IBM can regain control of the industry standard.
Analysts were puzzled that Aetna's said it became pessimistic late last year about real estate and at the same time said it believes the problems will abate in 1992.
Those values won't be realized overnight, but they suggest that if the asbestos cloud does abate, Fibreboard's stock, currently trading at 9 7/8, could become much more valuable.
But the demands for score-settling, official or otherwise, are unlikely to abate.
Many bond traders expect it to drop back to 5 3/4% or 6% in the next few weeks as seasonal pressures abate.
Nevertheless, he says Arlington stands ready to abate taxes, provide worker-training funds or ease any logistical hurdles to bring the work now in Ypsilanti to Arlington.
Many analysts expect the rate to drift back down to the 5 3/4% to 5 7/8% range early next year, after seasonal pressures abate.
That's because, based on various bills that are pending, power plants would be forced to abate sulfur dioxide emissions on a straight, total-tons basis.
But travel promotions seem unlikely to abate.
Economists say the influx of illegal laborers is unlikely to abate because Japan's 2.4 percent unemployment rate reflects a trend toward shortages of workers in certain industries.
"Our findings yield no support for the premise that the AIDS epidemic will soon abate, even in the areas that were the earliest infected, such as the New York metropolitan area," the doctors wrote.
Its anxiety about the former is unlikely to abate much in the foreseeable future, but with the real economy weakening rapidly, pressure for lower rates is increasing.
In Nebraska, the storm was not expected to abate until late tonight, deputy civil defense coordinator John Jenson said early today.
However, the unfolding ecological disaster that prompted the diversion scheme would not abate.
Several predicted that the funds rate will remain unusually high for the next few weeks and then drift back down to 5 3/4% to 5 7/8% early next year once the technical pressures abate.
As inflation appeared to abate this summer, the central bank has eased its grip.
The animosity began to abate in 1988 when the Soviets announced they would participate in the Seoul Olympics, even though Communist North Korea opted to boycott.
Nervousness over Olympia & York's debt levels and cash flow situation continued to abate. The composite index closed only 3.8 off at 3,448.5 after fluctuating within a 12-point range during the session.
One important but little-noted reason for this encouraging prospect is that inflation, contrary to popular belief, tends to abate, rather than intensify, as the economy recovers from a recession.
Better still, service sector inflation, which has long resisted treatment, has begun to abate.
Several London-based dealers and analysts, however, contend that Japanese buying will begin to abate in the next few months.
Inflation, analysts explain, tends to remain dormant or even abate early in recoveries, when labor, materials and equipment are ample.
For now, however, health-care inflation seems unlikely to abate.
Real interest rates will stay high, although there should be scope for nominal rates to ease from the summer onwards as the problems in Germany abate. Investors should note that fixed-income investments proved quite lucrative last year.

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