0 to reduce or be reduced in size or importance -- 減少，減小，降低
We've seen our house diminish greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months. 在最近六個月裡，我們這座房屋的價格暴跌。
What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes. 他的所作所為嚴重損害了他在許多人眼裡的形象。
These memories will not be diminished by time. 這些記憶不會隨著時間的流逝而淡漠。
I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help. 我不想貶低她的成就，但她確實得到了很多幫助。
Removal of the cotyledons strongly diminished enzymatic activity in the embryonic axis.
The heightened baseline pain state reached a peak at 3 weeks post-injury, and diminished back to baseline by 1 year.
However, the opposite trend, albeit diminished, was seen at the soma, where the unconfined distribution was more effective than the clustered distribution.
In theory, a free market would cope with this by raising prices to a point where demand diminished to match supply.
The rate of production of thyroxine is diminished.
Although collective work parties have diminished since the ' time of the elders ', they still take place frequently, particularly among certain categories of people.
The effect of employment status seems to have diminished during the decade.
Religion remained a significant determinant of intended family size but its effect had diminished.
