Textbook versions are constantly updated, motivating publishers by minimizing production costs (the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already on board).
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
VERB
使減至最低程度;使保持最低程度
If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
例句
Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...相關(guān)人員希望盡可能降低罹癌風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.這些問題很多可以通過合理安排盡可能避免。
VERB
對(duì)…輕描淡寫；使顯得不重要
If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
例句
Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...有些人淡化了意識(shí)形態(tài)因素的重要性。At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.接受審判的時(shí)候，他企圖對(duì)自己的行為輕描淡寫。
VERB
把(計(jì)算機(jī)屏幕上的窗口)最小化
If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
例句
Click the square icon again to minimize the window.再次點(diǎn)擊正方形圖標(biāo)，把窗口最小化。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
把…減至最低數(shù)量[程度]
You can minimize the dangers of driving by taking care to obey the rules of the road.嚴(yán)格遵守交通規(guī)則, 你就能把行車危險(xiǎn)降到最低點(diǎn)。
對(duì)(某事物)作最低估計(jì); 極力貶低(某事物)的價(jià)值[重要性]
He minimized the value of her contribution to his research so that he got all the praise.他極力貶低她在那項(xiàng)研究中的貢獻(xiàn), 從而獨(dú)獲全部獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。