The fever lessened during the day

白天发烧减轻了。

The damage may be twofold: infected plants may produce less grain, and the quality of the grain itself may be lessened .

病害的破坏是双重性的，一方面感病植株麦粒减少，另一方面麦粒本身的质量也降低。

When the traffic lessened , the children began to get across

车辆减少后孩子们开始过马路。

irritative symptoms lessened with repeated exposures

刺激症状随着重复暴露而减轻。

The shearing strength at the foundation, where the concrete is placed on a smooth rock surface, may be lessened

当混凝土浇筑在平滑的岩石表面时，地基上的剪切强度可能会减少。

The effect, moreover, is by no means lessened by the absence of the wind itself and the silent nonchalance of the miller and his man, who move about in the midst of this appalling racket with the quiet efficiency of vergers.

而且这种效果并不是因为没有风或者磨坊主人以及其佣人的淡漠而有所减弱，这些人即使是在震耳欲聋的喧闹之下，也总是一副文静态度，如同教堂管事人一般有条不紊地办事。

Fan Po-wen delivered himself of this oration as if he was anxious to free himself of the stigma of “romantic poet,” but for all that, Wu Sun-fu’s dislike of the poet was in no way lessened ; in fact, it made him dislike him all the more

范博文忽然发了这么一篇议论，似乎想洗一洗他的浪漫“诗人”的耻辱。但是吴荪甫并不因此而减轻他的不友意，他反而更觉得不高兴。

The hour for parting came; and the grief of that moment was considerably lessened by the admirable discourse which Miss Pinkerton addressed to her pupil

分手的时候到了。平克顿小姐对她的学生洋洋洒洒地训了一篇话，就此减轻了爱米丽亚的离愁。

It was five feet ten inches in diameter near the stump, and four feet eleven inches in diameter at the end of twenty-two feet, after which it lessened a little, and then parted into branches.

根部附近直径是五英尺十英寸。树干二十二英尺处，直径为四英尺十一英寸。然后渐渐地变细，分出了枝桠。

The driver lessened his speed.

驾驶员减低速度。

People’s desire for Mr Tung to quit had not lessened .

市民倒董的诉求并未减轻。

The driver lessened his speed.

司机减低速度

4. If a relief sculpture is made, the height of the various parts may be magnified or lessened to the scale of the sectional drawing.

四、如制作浮雕，其各部位之高低，可根据断面图之比例放大或缩小。

He lessened the achievements of his rival

他贬抑他对手的成绩。

He lessened his brothers importance

他贬抑他兄弟的重要性。

Perhaps the peculiar effect of his fine appearance and great stature was increased rather than lessened , by this unstudied and disdainful air of indifference

也许他的这种讥讽的、不修边幅的气派增加了而不是减少了他那堂堂仪表和魁伟身材的特殊魅力。

Between the owners of the fisheries and the barge master who needed an unimpeded passage continuous war was fought, till the importance of fresh-water fish lessened as the practice of fasting ceased to be universal, as meat became available all the year round, and as the transport of sea fish inland became practicable.

鱼场主和需要航道通畅无阻的驳船主之间冲突不断，直到斋戒不再风行，肉食也全年可得以及海鱼能运入内地，从而淡水鱼不得再那么重要为止。

The talk lessened the tension.

这次交谈缓和紧张局面。

At last the fury of the storm lessened .

终于暴风雨的猛烈程度减小了.

Production in heavy industry has also lessened

重工业生产也减少了。

Such differences have inexorably widened since the end of the cold war, a process that has accelerated since Mr Obama took office. The reasons are not hard to find.|| For a start, surging oil production at home has sharply lessened America’s dependence on Saudi oil, even as Mr Obama’s determination to extract American forces from such quagmires as Iraq and Afghanistan has been reducing the American bootprint in the region.||

1:两国间那些不可避免的分歧于冷战结束后扩大，又自奥巴马执政以来加快。||2:原因很简单。||3:首先，美国石油自产量的飙升缓和了对沙特石油的依赖性。尽管奥巴马关于从伊拉克，阿富汗撤军的决定减少了美在中东地区的脚印。

The research team also studied a group of volunteers who watch birds for fun. Mitch Levenhagen is a graduate student in the research team. He measured how much the artificial noise lessened the ability of the birdwatchers to identify recorded bird songs.

该科研小组还研究了一群以观鸟为乐的志愿者。米奇·莱芬哈根（Mitch Levenhagen）是该科研小组的一名研究生。他测量了多少人为噪音会降低观鸟爱好者识别已记录的鸟类歌曲的能力。

Observers say European countries have lessened their criticisms of China’s poor record for human rights and political reform as China has improved Europe’s infrastructure.

观察人士表示，随着中国改善了欧洲的基础设施，欧洲国家已经减少了对中国人权和政改不良记录的批评。

That oversupply may grow as international sanctions on Iranian exports are lessened . Iran is an OPEC member.

随着对伊朗出口国际制裁的减轻，供大于求情况可能会加剧。伊朗是欧佩克成员国。

In 1851 Chevalier-Appert invented an autoclave which lessened the danger involved in the operation of steam pressure vessels.

1851年，查弗利尔—阿培尔创制了一种高压锅，它可以减少汽压容器操作中所涉及的危险。

This lessened response to a repeated stimulus is called habituation, a process that both humans and animals are known to experience.

Nijhuis解释说，对重复刺激反应减弱叫适应，是一种过程，在动物和人是人人皆知的经验。

When ice melts and disappears this “albedo” effect is lessened , contributing to a rise in temperature.

冰层融化消失后，这种“反射能”效应减弱，从而导致气温上升。

This did not mean, however, that the US’s involvement in the region should be lessened .

不过，这并不意味着美国应该减少对台海事务的介入。

On lessened translation strategies from the regular Chinese English differences

从英汉规律性差异谈减译策略

Where being unemployed is the norm, the impact on your reputation caused by job loss is lessened .

当失业成为司空见惯的事情，丢掉工作对于声誉的损害就会降低。

theory of lessened penalty

得减说

bound to be lessened punishment theory

必减说

effect of lessened imports on economic activity

减少进口对经济活动的影响