Attenuate

(verb.) become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude.

(adj.) reduced in strength; 'the faded tones of an old recording' .

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• He pictured to himself a youth, whose eyes sparkled with genius, whose person was attenuated by famine. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Hens that had not had chicken cholera could be rendered immune by a series of attenuated inoculations gradually increasing in strength. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The inoculations of th e attenuated virus began at once. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• As I turned from the door, I saw Merrival, or rather the shadow of Merrival, attenuated and wild, pass me, and sit on the steps of his home. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If she had had a little more self-control she would have attenuated the emotion to nothing by sheer reasoning, and so have killed it off. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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