今天我們要學的詞是 diminish. Diminish, 動詞,是“減少, 縮小”的意思。三十年代的美國著名童星秀蘭·鄧波去世,她三歲開始表演,很快成名,不過,Her popularity diminished as she grew older, and she retired early to raise a family. 隨著年齡的增長,她的受歡迎程度降低,于是她一早就退出演藝圈,組建家庭。今年九月,蘇格蘭將舉行公民投票,決定是否從英聯邦獨立,英國首相卡梅倫表示,Independence would be bad for Scotland and would leave the United Kingdom "deeply diminished." 獨立對蘇格蘭不好,而且會將英國大大地削弱。好的,今天我們學習的詞是 diminish, diminish, diminish...
adj. 減退了的;減弱的 v. 減少;削弱(dimin