attenuate
1.VERB 动词使减轻；使减弱；使削弱 To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
【语法信息】：V n
【语法信息】：V-ed
【STYLE标签】：FORMAL 正式
You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it...
风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。
Theirs had been an increasingly attenuated relationship.
他们的关系日益冷淡。
