減gaam2少siu2

English

1. to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
2. to reduce; to decrease; to cut down

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 令到數字、份量、性質少咗

Examples

• 減少能源消耗

  to reduce energy consumption

• 因為全球暖化，北極熊嘅數字不斷噉減少緊。

  Due to global warming, the number of polar bears keeps decreasing.

• 我哋要盡力減少塑膠包裝嘅使用，同埋回收所有塑膠廢物。

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• 同第啲公司達成協議，一齊唔賣咁多廣告，減少賣廣告方面嘅開支（合作）。

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 冇錯，因為出生率下降，小朋友嘅數量係減少緊，而學校嘅學生數量亦都係減少緊，但係呢個係完全正常嘅。

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• 聲群減少係一種喺各種有複合聲母嘅語言入面見到嘅語言現象，即係喺音節嘅開頭或者結尾順序發現多個聲母。

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• 米的产量减少了。

  Production of rice has decreased.

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• 他的內疚感減少了。

  His sense of guilt was diminished.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY