减少 (減少)
jiǎn shǎo
Pinyin
Definition
减少 (減少)
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- to lessen
- to decrease
- to reduce
- to lower
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
人烟稀少
- 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
- 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
- 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- 2 fig. not enough to go around
- 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
- 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
- 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
- 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
- 2 the less complications the better
Sample Sentences
嗨,你光喝水不吃饭当然会瘦,除了会瘦还会挂。不过讲正经的,如果你真想瘦,餐前喝水,还真能减轻饥饿感,这样食物的摄入量当然就减少了,减肥还不是自然而然的事。
Hey, of course you'll get thin if you only drink water and stop eating, but as well as getting thin, you'll die too. But more seriously, if you really want to get thinner, drinking water before a meal can really make you feel less hungry, which, of course, will reduce your food intake. That way losing weight will happen naturally.
其次就是大力发展公共交通,减少私家车的碳排量,倡导低碳生活。
Next is to actively develop public transport, to reduce the carbon emissions from private cars and promote low-carbon lives.
首先,有机蔬果不使用农药,少了化学残留,可以让人吃得放心,更可以减少土地的污染。
First of all, organic vegetables don't make use of pesticides, so don't have chemical residues. So you can feel confident eating it, and you can reduce soil pollution.
虽然粮食主产区分布广泛,但中国只有占全球7%的可耕地,要养活占全球20%的人口,因建设占用、灾毁、生态退耕等耕地面积持续减少。
Although the main grain producing areas are widely distributed, China only has 7% of the world's arable land, and it has to feed 20% of the world's population. The area of cultivated land such as construction occupation, disasters, and ecological farmland has continued to decrease.
中国将在2020年建成8亿亩高标准农田,更加高产,并可减少用水、化肥和农药。
China will build 800 million acres of high-standard farmland in 2020, which will be more productive and reduce water, fertilizer and pesticides.
因为部分商品调高成本,所以订单减少,业绩自然就下滑。
The costs for some products have increased, so the orders have decreased. Sales performance has naturally declined.
每天摄入的食物是人体所需营养的主要来源,膳食营养是保证老年人健康的基石。武警广东省总队医院营养科主任曾晶指出老年人要注意身体的营养是否均衡,不要过于相信“千金难买老来瘦”的说法,有科学的膳食安排、合理的体力活动以保持健康体重,能减少和延缓疾病的发生发展、提高老年人的生活质量。
The daily intake of food is the main source of nutrition for the human body. Dietary nutrition is the cornerstone for ensuring the health of the elderly. Zeng Jing, director of the Nutrition Department of the Armed Police Guangdong Provincial Corps Hospital, pointed out that the elderly should pay attention to whether the body's nutrition is balanced. Don't go overboard with the belief that thin is healthy for the elderly. Use scientific dietary planning and suitable physical activities to maintain a healthy weight. They can reduce and delay the occurrence and development of diseases and improve the quality of life of the elderly.
曾晶介绍,味觉和咀嚼功能减退、胃肠蠕动减慢、消化液分泌减少,这些都会影响老年人的食欲和消化吸收能力;空巢状态、独居老人可能会饮食上更为简单随意。这些都会导致老年人饮食营养摄入不均衡,最终影响健康。
Zeng Jing explains reduction of taste and chewing function, gastrointestinal motility slowed down, and decreased digestive juice secretion, which all affected the appetite and digestion and absorption capacity of the elderly; empty nest state, elderly people living alone may be more simple and casual. These will lead to an imbalance in the nutritional intake of the elderly and ultimately affect their health.
3)保持健康的生活方式和积极的社会交往,坚持力所能及的活动和锻炼。随着年龄增长的:老年人体脂百分比增高、瘦组织减少,也就是说,老年人不可避免地会出现肌肉的衰减,导致身体活动能力逐渐下降、容易摔倒等。
3) Maintain a healthy lifestyle and positive social interactions, and adhere to activities and exercises that are within your power. With the increase of age: the percentage of body fat in the elderly is increased, and the lean tissue is reduced. That is to say, the elderly will inevitably have muscle attenuation, which leads to a gradual decline in physical activity and easy fall.
奥巴马坚定地指出,不能因政治上的勾心斗角而牺牲美国百姓的民生。同时他也澄清,不会增加纳税人已经难以承受的经济重负,而是会通过减少现有医保体系中的资金浪费和滥用来筹集资金。
Obama firmly pointed out that the American people's welfare cannot be sacrificed for political rivalry. At the same time, he also clarified that he wouldn't increase the taxpayers' already hard-to-bear economic burdens, but would raise funds through decreasing the present waste and misuse of funds in the health insurance system.