| 1. | The country is ready to take any measure likely to lessen the probability of war. |
| 该国准备采取一切有希望减少战争可能性的措施。
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| 2. | If you shut the door, it will lessen the draught. |
| 如果你把门关上 ，就会减小穿堂风。
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| 3. | lessen the impact, likelihood, risk of sth |
| 减少某事物的影响, 可能性, 冒险性
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| 4. | alleviate [ lessen , lighten, relieve] the burden of taxation |
| 减轻赋税（负担）
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| 5. | allay [ lessen , relieve] public anxieties about the economic situation |
| 减轻公众对经济形势的忧虑
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| 6. | lessen the effect of |
| 缩小……的影响；降低……的效果
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| 7. | lessen the respect for |
| 减少对…的尊重
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| 8. | lessen the risk of |
| 减少…的危险
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| 9. | lessen one's memory |
| 使记忆力减退
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| 10. | lessen the difference between the city and the countryside gradually |
| 逐渐缩小城乡差别
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