Diminution

(noun.) the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original).

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• But the money which, by this annual diminution of produce, is annually thrown out of domestic circulation, will not be allowed to lie idle. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It was a melancholy reflection; and in spite of the diminution of evil produced, it struck on the heart as a wretched mockery. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If the shell hits anything, then that further destruction has to be added to the diminution of consumable goods. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• When the diminution of revenue is the effect of the diminution of consumption, there can be but one remedy, and that is the lowering of the tax. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The element yields spontaneously radium emanation without any apparent diminution of its own mass. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• No art or trade could be founded on it; no diminution of daily work or increase of daily comfort could be secured with it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The first of these causes is no doubt necessarily connected with the diminution of the value of the precious metals; but the second is not. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Thirdly, This very circumstance of the diminution of sympathy by the separation of relations is worthy of our attention. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• By this diminution I destroy the future prospect, which is necessary to interest me perfectly in the fortune of another. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But there will be no diminution of adventure or romance in this world of the days to come. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Doubtless the leaves of the Cumaean Sibyl have suffered distortion and diminution of interest and excellence in my hands. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The landlord gains both ways; by the increase of the produce, and by the diminution of the labour which must be maintained out of it. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• T ry a concave glass with the sun's rays to see whether a diminution of heat results. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Their first subject was the diminution of the Rosings party. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• As they descend they also experience a gradual diminution from the action of the sun and rain, and from the heat of the earth. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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