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

• 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。
• 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。
• It has minimum amount of security privileges, which minimizes network attacks on the workstation or server.
  它拥有最小数量的安全性特权，从而将对工作站或者服务器的网络攻击降至最低。
• Lean construction is a new project management model that maximizes the value for the client and minimizes the waste.
  精益建设是一种新型的对顾客实现价值最大化、浪费最小化的施工管理模式。
• Employing staging tables to load and transform data ahead of ingest minimizes interference with query workloads.
  在摄取数据之前采用暂存表来加载和转换数据，这可以最大程度地减少对查询工作负载的干扰。
• A weekend is ideal because this minimizes downtime.
  因为这将减少时间，所以周末是比较理想的。
• 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。
• Planning minimizes costs because of the emphasis on efficient operation and consistency.
  规划可使成本降至最低，因为它强调有效的经营和相互协调一致。
• This minimizes the cost of correcting the bug as well as its impact on schedules.
  迭代测试最小化了纠正错误的花费。
• See which option minimizes your risk.
  看哪个选择会把你的风险最小化。