柯林斯詞典minimize /?m?n??ma?z/ (minimizing,minimized,minimizes) BRIT also minimise1. V-T If you minimize a risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it from increasing beyond that level. 減到最低數(shù)量; 降到最低程度 Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer. 憂心忡忡的人們想把患上癌癥的風險降到最低。2. V-T If you minimize something, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is. 貶低…的重要性 Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors. 一些人已經(jīng)貶低了意識形態(tài)因素的重要性。3. V-T If you minimize a window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it. 使最小化 Click the square icon again to minimize the window. 再次點擊正方形圖標使那個窗口最小化。 返回 minimize劍橋詞典to reduce something to the least possible level or amount 使降到最低限度；使減到最少 We must minimize the risk of infection . 我們必須將感染的風險降到最低。 Environmentalists are doing everything within their power to minimize the impact of the oil spill . 環(huán)境保護主義者正竭盡所能把石油外溢造成的影響減少到最低限度。 反義詞maximize to make something seem less important or smaller than it really is 對…輕描淡寫，有意淡化 She accused politicians of minimizing the suffering of thousands of people . 她指責政府對成千上萬人的疾苦輕描淡寫。 It's important to focus on your strengths and to minimize your weaknesses. 敭長避短是很重要的。 to make something small on a computer screen 使（計算機屏幕上的）…最小化 Minimize the window by clicking in the corner . 按窗口角使之最小化 比較maximize 返回 minimize