decrease是什么意思（decrease的用法）

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一、decrease是什么意思

1、decrease 减低

2、de-, 向下。-cre, 创造，增加，词源同create, crescent.

二、decrease的用法

1、decrease

2、decrease: [14] Etymologically, decrease means ‘ungrow’. It comes from de(s)creiss-, the present stem of Old French de(s)creistre, which was a descendant of Vulgar Latin discrēscēre. This was an alteration of Latin dēcrēscēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē-, denoting reversal of a previous condition, and crēscēre ‘grow’ (source of English crescent and a wide range of other words).=> crescent, croissant, increase

3、decrease (v.)

4、late 14c., from Anglo-French decreiss-, present participle stem of decreistre, Old French descroistre (12c., Modern French décroître), from Latin decrescere "to grow less, diminish," from de- "away from" (see de-) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Related: Decreased; decreasing.

5、decrease (n.)

6、late 14c., "detriment, harm;" early 15c. as "a becoming less or smaller," from Anglo-French decres; see decrease (v.).

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