v.緩和；減弱；消除

Nothing could abate his rage. 什么都不能平息他的憤怒。

She is trying to abate the tension between her parents. 她試著緩和她父母的緊張關(guān)系。

The ship sailed when the storm abated. 這船在暴風(fēng)雨減弱時起航。

Nothing can abate the force of that argument. 什么也不能減弱那場辯論的影響力。

We must abate the smoke nuisance in our big cities. 我們必須消除大城市里煙塵污染。