[GRE] Abate

Abate/ment

late 13c., from O.Fr. abattre "beat down, cast down," from L. ad "to" + battuere "to beat"

一直打、打到東西變小、變少

VI to become less strong or decrease

The typhoon is too strong. We are waiting it to abate, otherwise we can’t go home.

相關字：

Abattoir: slaughterhouse for cows (from abattre) 牛被揍(屠宰)的地方

Bate: to reduce, to lessen the intensity

e.g. bated breath—from Shakespeare’s the Merchant of Venice

bated breath很文很有畫面，可以記起來用！

google上看到有人是用：

Bated Breath became a part of my life

If you wait for something with bated breath, you wait anxiously to find out what will happen

從第二句可以看出他的用法，用在一般句子的修飾是加上with，要注意唷！