Diminished

Definition

diminish /dÇ'mÇnÇʃ/ v ၁။ ေလ်ာ့လာသည္။ နည္းလာသည္။ ဆုတ္ယုတ္လာသည္။ ယင္းသို႔ျဖစ္ေစသည္။ the world's diminishing resources ❍ His strength has diminished over the years. ❍ We'd got to the stage where our efforts were producing diminishing returns (ie we achieved less in proportion to the amount of time, money, etc spent). ❍ Nothing could diminish her enthusiasm for the project. ၂။ ေသးသိမ္ေအာင္လုပ္သည္။ အေရးမႀကီးဟု ထင္ျမင္ေစသည္။ The opposition is trying to diminish our achievements. ❏ diminished responsibility n [U] ( law ) စိတ္မမွန္မႈ။ He was acquitted on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Examples

1. The intensity of the sound diminished gradually.
2. Her enthusiasm was by now fast diminishing.
3. The delay may well have diminished the impact of their campaign.
4. His reassurances did nothing to diminish her anxiety.
5. I did not intend to diminish the importance of her work.