查询结果:

vt. 减少,减轻 
vi. 减少,减轻  

拆分: a-朝,向 + -bat-打,击 + -e动词词尾 ⇒ 击倒 ⇒ 制止讨厌的东西   

例:
vt.
to abate a tax 减税 
The medicine abated his pain. 这药减轻了他的痛苦。 
We must abate the noise pollution in our city. 我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。 
vi.
The storm abated. 风暴缓和了。 
The ache in my head abated. 我的头疼减轻了。 
The demand has considerably abated. 需求量已显著减少。 
The heat has abated. 温度降低了。 
The worker’s concern about cuts in the welfare funding has not abated. 工人们对削减福利基金的关心并没有减少。 
The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating. 近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。