n.降低；減少；緩和
動(dòng)詞abate的現(xiàn)在分詞.
Amid nationwide shock at the scale of the disaster, a recent upsurge of anti-Western sentiment triggered by events in Tibet appears to be abating. 這次地震程度之巨，舉國(guó)震驚，近日因西藏問題而高漲的反西方情緒亦有了緩和的跡象。
