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		diminution美 [.dɪmɪ'nuʃ(ə)n]  英 [.dɪmɪ'njuːʃ(ə)n]  n. decrease,reduction,lessening,attenuation,shrinking 1.  | [u] 减少;缩减;降低the act of reducing sth or of being reduced  |  
  | the diminution of political power 政权的削弱  |  
 2.  | [c][ususing] 缩小;减少;缩小量;减少量a reduction; an amount reduced  |  
  | a diminution in population growth 人口增长幅度的缩小  |  
 n.  | 1. a lessening, decreasing, or reduction of something, or the result of such a reduction 2. the repetition of a musical phrase, using notes that are of a shorter duration than in the original phrase 3. a reduction in the size or amount of something  |  
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