minimizes

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzɪz]

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的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Writing our query in this manner minimizes the amount of data transferred between the database and application server tiers.
  以这种方式编写我们的查询可以最小化数据库和应用程序服务器层之间传输的数据总量。
• Planning minimizes costs because of the emphasis on efficient operation and consistency.
  规划可使成本降至最低，因为它强调有效的经营和相互协调一致。
• It has minimum amount of security privileges, which minimizes network attacks on the workstation or server.
  它拥有最小数量的安全性特权，从而将对工作站或者服务器的网络攻击降至最低。
• A high quality air compressor minimizes maintenance and downtime.
  一个高质量空气压缩物将维护和停工时间减到最少。
• Turning on the Smart Definitions option minimizes download time, installation time, and system start time.
  开启智能定义功能会使下载时间，安装时间和系统启动时间最短化。
• It also minimizes power losses and requires a smaller transmission corridor than conventional technologies.
  它还可以减少电力损失，比传统传输技术需要的传输走廊也要小得多。
• Employing staging tables to load and transform data ahead of ingest minimizes interference with query workloads.
  在摄取数据之前采用暂存表来加载和转换数据，这可以最大程度地减少对查询工作负载的干扰。
• It minimizes the amount of database connections, thus improving overall database performance and throughput.
  减少数据库连接的数量，提高了数据库的整体性能和吞吐量。
• This not only minimizes purchasing errors but saves your business time and money by significantly reducing product returns.
  这不仅能最大限度减少采购错误，而且由于显著降低了产品退货，因而还能节约业务时间和费用。
• This minimizes the amount of data retrieved to just the columns specified.
  这样做能够最小化针对指定列需要检索的数据量。