minimizes

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

v.  使减少到最低限度; 降低; 贬低; 使显得不重要; (尤指在计算机屏幕上)使最小化
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柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 minimise


• VERB 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
  If youminimizea risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
  1. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...
     相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
  2. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.
     这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
• VERB 对…轻描淡写；使显得不重要
  If youminimizesomething, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
  1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...
     有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
  2. At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.
     接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。
• VERB 把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
  If youminimizea window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
  1. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
     再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。

双语例句

• This not only minimizes purchasing errors but saves your business time and money by significantly reducing product returns.
  这不仅能最大限度减少采购错误，而且由于显著降低了产品退货，因而还能节约业务时间和费用。
• This minimizes the amount of data retrieved to just the columns specified.
  这样做能够最小化针对指定列需要检索的数据量。
• It minimizes the implementation complexity of working with shards data.
  它最小化处理碎片数据的实现复杂性。
• This minimizes the overhead of creating and destructing agents.
  这样就减少了创建和销毁代理的开销。
• This new model in control minimizes the network traffic required to transmit data to devices.
  控制上采用这种新的模式可降低将数据传送到设备对网络的要求。
• This design minimizes the capacitance between conductors to approach accuracy in sound and maximized performance.
  这个设计使导体之间电容值减到最小，以达到声音精准性和最好的表现。
• See which option minimizes your risk.
  看哪个选择会把你的风险最小化。
• This system allows precision delivery of radiation without invasive surgery and minimizes trauma to surrounding tissue and organs.
  这个系统允许精度交货的辐射没有微创手术，减少创伤周围组织和器官。
• A high quality air compressor minimizes maintenance and downtime.
  一个高质量空气压缩物将维护和停工时间减到最少。
• The right-hand side of this graph explains how it minimizes WIP while sustaining continuous flow.
  图表右侧说明了如何在维持连续流通的同时，最大限度地减少在制品。