but a confession made to the judges, a confession made at the last moment, extorted when the crime cannot be denied, diminishes not the punishment inflicted on the guilty!"

“我明白，”他说，--“你认罪了，但对法官认罪，在不得不认罪的时候认罪，是不能减轻惩罚的!”

When profit diminishes , merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity

当利润减少时，商人们往往都埋怨说，商业衰退了，可是利润减少乃是商业繁盛的自然结果。

The frenzied merrymaking diminishes as you move up the beach road to central and north Pattaya, and to neighboring Naklua beach

当你沿着海滩路走向芭堤雅中部、北部及附近的Naklua海滩时,那种尽情狂欢的热度就会逐渐降温。

For a target of any thinkness, the undeflected flux diminishes exponentially with thickness

对具有任意厚度的靶，无偏折的通量随厚度呈指数规律而衰减。

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones

分别会使平庸的感情削减，却能使深厚的感情增强

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones(La Rochefoucauld.

分别会使平庸的感情削减，却能使深厚的感情增强(拉·劳土福科)。

We realize the importance of developing legislation that diminishes corruption, which like a cancer, breeds devastation.

腐败就像一个癌细胞,孕育着毁灭。我们意识到完善法规对减少腐败的重要性。

In secondary amenorrhea (abnormal cessation of cycles once started), the genitals atrophy and pubic hair diminishes .

继发性闭经(有过月经周期而后异常停止)则可见生殖器萎缩、阴毛减少。

Conclusion: Discrimination Diminishes Productivity and Profitability

结论:歧视会减少产出和降低利润率

Ethics must grasp the context of a new phenomenon, while refraining from quick judgements, such as Huag’s conclusion that job-hopping “decreases employee loyalty and diminishes moral standards”

伦理学必须理解这种新现象出现的背景,以免作出仓促的判断,比如黄先生得出的结论:跳槽“降低了员工的忠诚度,破坏了道德标准”。

Easy promise, less credibility. / Easy promise diminishes credibility.

轻诺则寡信

In truth, experience teaches thoroughly yet her course of instruction devours men’s years so the value of her lessons diminishes with the time necessary to acquire her special wisdom. The end finds it wasted on dead men.

说实在的，经验确实能教给我们很多东西，只是这需要花费太长的时间．等到人们获得智慧的时候，其价值已随着时间的消逝而减少了．结果往往是这样，经验丰富了，人也余生无多．

Transparency International (TI), a Berlin-based institution, is the most competent voice and internationally acknowledged institution that assesses and diminishes corruption.

透明国际(TI)是位于柏林的一个机构,是评估和致力于减少腐败现象的最称职的喉舌和国际上最知名的机构。

The power of both single and multi-locus probes diminishes rapidly if the sample is old or degraded by sunlight and weather

无论是单项座位探测法或多项座位探测法，如果样物存放时间太久或因阳光或天气而退化--它的功效很快就降低。

Hong Kong’s ICAC is an example of a successful, systematic, and ongoing process that diminishes corruption.

香港的ICAC是减少腐败的一个成功的、系统的和不断进行的案例。

Depressed people have little energy, and they often find it difficult to motivate themselves to do anything. Appetite and interest in food diminishes , and many people lose weight. Aches and pains and a general physical malaise are also very common.

意志消沉者往往缺少活力,他们会觉得经常很难激励他们去做任何事情。食欲降低,出现厌食等现象,许多人还会体重下降。意志消沉者还会出现各种各样的疼痛,或者是周身不适的症状。

Sadness diminishes or hinders a man’s power of action.--Benjamin Franklin

忧愁会减少或妨害一个人行动的力量。--斯宾诺莎

Handicaps a man’s pow Sadness diminishes or er of action.--Benedict de Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

忧伤会减少或者妨害一个人行动的力量。荷兰哲学家斯宾诺莎

In the acute phase of a respiratory acidosis, pCO2 increases and the pH falls. However, the buffer system diminishes the decrease in pH, so that HCO3-levels rise by a small amount.

在呼吸性酸中毒的急性期，Pco2上升，pH值下降。但是缓冲系统可以减小pH值的下降程度，所以HC03-水平轻度增加。

War diminishes the male population.

战事使男性人口减少

This trend decreases employee loyalty and diminishes moral standards.

这种趋势降低了员工的忠诚度,破坏了道德标准。

Again, besides being immoral, this violation of justice diminishes a company’ s long-term growth and sustained productivity.

这种行为不仅是不道德的,而且有失公正,会阻碍一家公司长期的发展并影响其可持续的生产率。

A device that eliminates or progressively diminishes vibrations or oscillations,as of a magnetic needle.

阻尼器，避震器用来消除或逐渐消除震动或摆动的设备，如磁针的

||1: IS SIN original? That is the question addressed by Shaul Shalvi, a psychologist at the University of Amsterdam, in a paper just published in Psychological Science. ||2: Dr Shalvi and his colleagues, Ori Eldar and Yoella Bereby-Meyer of Ben-Gurion University in Israel, wanted to know if the impulse to cheat is something that grows or diminishes when the potential cheater has time for reflection on his actions. ||3: Is cheating, in other words, instinctive or calculating?

||1: 人性本‘恶’？这是由阿姆斯特丹大学的一位心理学家—— Shaul Shalvi，在《心理科学》杂志上发表的一篇论文中所提出的问题。 ||2: Shalvi博士和他的两位同事——以色列Ben-Gurion大学的Ori Eldar 和 Yoella Bereby-Meyer，希望知道如果那些潜在的骗子有时间对他们的行为作出充分考虑，他们撒谎的冲动会否因此增强或减弱呢？ ||3:换句话说，撒谎究竟是人的一种本能行为，还是经过仔细分析后所作出的选择呢？

Dr Shalvi and his colleagues, Ori Eldar and Yoella Bereby-Meyer of Ben-Gurion University in Israel, wanted to know if the impulse to cheat is something that grows or diminishes when the potential cheater has time for reflection on his actions.

Shalvi博士和他的来自以色列Ben-Gurion大学的同事们 Ori Eldar 和 Yoella Bereby-Meye希望知道当一个想要撒谎的人如果有时间对他的行为思考时，他们说谎的动机是增加还是降低。

Dr Shalvi and his colleagues, Ori Eldar and Yoella Bereby-Meyer of Ben-Gurion University in Israel, wanted to know if the impulse to cheat is something that grows or diminishes when the potential cheater has time for reflection on his actions.

Shalvi博士和他的两位同事-以色列Ben-Gurion大学的Ori Eldar 和 Yoella Bereby-Meyer，希望知道如果那些潜在的骗子有时间对他们的行为作出充分考虑，他们撒谎的冲动会否因此增强或减弱呢？

or allowing code that corrupts work files to be downloaded—the ability of IT staff to cope with the consequences diminishes as they become increasingly overwhelmed and tired.

或者那些导致毁坏文件的代码被下载下来—信息技术的工作人们处理这些问题的能力会随着他们增加的重担和持续的疲倦而下降。

For example, as users fall foul of so-called phishing attacks—giving away sensitive details such as passwords while browsing the internet, or allowing code that corrupts work files to be downloaded—the ability of IT staff to cope with the consequences diminishes as they become increasingly overwhelmed and tired.

例如，用户们遇到的所谓的钓鱼式攻击——在浏览网页的时候会泄露密码等敏感信息，或者那些导致毁坏文件的代码被下载下来——信息技术的工作人们处理这些问题的能力会随着他们增加的重担和持续的疲倦而下降。

Hence "as a want approaches satiety its capacity to reward, and with it its power as an incentive, diminishes fast" .

“当一项需求接近被满足时，其提供回报的能力和作为激励的效果将迅速消失”。

Conservatives make a good case that treating minority groups as victims diminishes America and institutionalises dependency.

保守党人认为把少数种族看作受害者会削弱美国，使独立制度化。