the act of decreasing or reducing something 同义词：decrease, reduction, step-down,
the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)
change toward something smaller or lower 同义词：decline,
In Western music and music theory, diminution (from Medieval Latin diminutio, alteration of Latin deminutio, decrease) has four distinct meanings. Diminution may be a form of embellishment in which a long note is divided into a series of shorter, usually melodic, values (also called "coloration").
例句与用法
1.
They hope for a small diminution in taxes . 他们希望捐税能稍有减少。
2.
Any local diminution of blood supply will delay or prevent healing . 任何局部供血的减少将延迟或阻碍愈合。
3.
Midnight arrived, and the enthusiasm showed no signs of diminution . 已经敲过了十二点了，热烈的气氛还没有降低。
4.
The progress of science has seemed to mean the enlargement of the material universe and the diminution of man's importance . 科学的进步似乎意味着把物质的宇宙扩大，把人的重要性缩小了。
5.
When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity . 当利润减少时，商人们往往都埋怨说，商业衰退了，可是利润减少乃是商业繁盛的自然结果。
6.
The government tried to prevent the diminution of resources 政府试图阻止资源的减少。
7.
They are hoping for a small diminution in taxes 他们希望税捐略微减少。
8.
Their first subject was the diminution of the rosings party 他们一开头就谈到罗新斯佳宾星散的问题。
9.
China sees advantages for itself in any diminution of american power 中国认为美国影响力减小对自己有利。
10.
But there was no diminution in the loftiness of his feeling for her 但是他对她的崇高感情并未因此而变化。
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