lessened

1.At last the fury of the storm lessened.

风暴猛烈程度终于降低了。

2.Listening to the speech through an interpreter lessened its impact somewhat.

演辞通过翻译嘴说出来， 多少削弱了演量。

3.The flight to suburbia lessened the number of middle-class families living within the city.

随着迁往郊外风行,住在城内中产家庭减少了。