minimize
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it from increasing beyond that level. 减到最低数量; 降到最低程度
Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer. 忧心忡忡的人们想把患上癌症的风险降到最低。
2. V-T If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is. 贬低…的重要性
Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors. 一些人已经贬低了意识形态因素的重要性。
3. V-T If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it. 使最小化
Click the square icon again to minimize the window. 再次点击正方形图标使那个窗口最小化。
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minimize /ˈmɪnɪˌmaɪz/ (minimizing,minimized,minimizes)
BRIT also minimise
剑桥词典
- to reduce something to the least possible level or amount
使降到最低限度；使减到最少
We must minimize the risk of infection . 我们必须将感染的风险降到最低。
Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to minimize the impact of the oil spill . 环境保护主义者正竭尽所能把石油外溢造成的影响减少到最低限度。
反义词
maximize
to make something seem less important or smaller than it really is
对…轻描淡写，有意淡化
She accused politicians of minimizing the suffering of thousands of people . 她指责政府对成千上万人的疾苦轻描淡写。
It's important to focus on your strengths and to minimize your weaknesses. 扬长避短是很重要的。
to make something small on a computer screen
使（计算机屏幕上的）…最小化
Minimize the window by clicking in the corner . 按窗口角使之最小化
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