minimized

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd]

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
minimize的过去分词和过去式

过去式：minimized　

COCA.39324

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。

英英释义

adj

• reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

双语例句

• The cost of data collection and sharing should be minimized.
  数据收集和共享的费用应最小。
• Increased application availability and minimized administrative costs.
  提高的应用可用性和最少的管理成本。
• If friction is not minimized, excessive heat and wear will severely limit the life and usefulness of machines.
  过多的摩擦会产生过多的热量和磨损，从而严重限制机器的寿命和性能。
• Technical and computational details within chapters were minimized as much as possible.
  各个章节里技术和计算的细节被尽可能地压缩了。
• The shutdown times can thereby be minimized.
  因此可以将停车次数减至最少。
• How much can be minimized, of course, depends on the product and type of problem.
  当然，具体能减少多少，取决于产品和问题类型。
• The delay due to the carry propagation through the adder stages can be minimized when a carry-look-ahead scheme is used.
  采用越级进位方式可以减小逐级进位造成的延时。
• The need for creating, maintaining and merging several versions of the code is also minimized or eliminated.
  而且不需要或很少需要创建、维护和合并多个版本的代码。
• Oddly, only two of these three states have been given names by Microsoft: minimized and maximized.
  奇怪的是微软只命名了这3种状态中的两种，即最小化和最大化。
• They minimized the accident.
  他们低估了意外事件的严重性。