v.將 ... 減到最少；貶低

Governments consider it prudent to minimize the risk. 各國(guó)政府均認(rèn)為把這種危害降低到最小程度的做法是明智的。

The polar explorers took every precaution to minimize the dangers of their trip. 極地探險(xiǎn)者十分小心謹(jǐn)慎，以便使旅途的危險(xiǎn)性減少到最小。

A sound approach to the problem is to minimize the number of parts. 正確解決這一問題的方法是把零件的數(shù)目減至最少。

minimize在英式英語中又作minimise。