minimize(英文單詞)

minimize（英[ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]、美[ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]）是英語中的及物動詞，源自拉丁語minimus（最小的），1802年首次收錄於邊沁著作。其核心含義包括：將事物規模減至最低限度（如風險控制）；通過修辭手段貶低事物重要性；計算機領域特指視窗最小化操作。該詞具有minimized/minimizing/minimizes等形態變化，衍生出minimization、minimal等相關辭彙。

該詞在1875年擴展出"輕視"語義，專業領域套用涵蓋數學極小化問題。英美拼寫差異中，美式英語偏好-ize後綴，該構詞法源自希臘語-izein。其雙語例句涉及醫學感染防控、物理勢能最佳化等場景。

基本介紹

• 中文名：使減少到最低限度；貶低，使顯得不重要；（尤指在計算機螢幕上）使最小化
• 外文名：minimize

短語

• 1Minimize Application最小化 ; 最小化使用
• 2Minimize Coupling低耦合原則 ; 最小化耦合關係
• 3Minimize Window最小化視窗 ; 最小化 ; 視窗最小化

雙語例句

• 1Minimize any windows you have opened.把你打開的所有視窗最小化。《牛津詞典》
• 2Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection.保持清潔有助於最大限度地減少感染的危險。《牛津詞典》
• 3To minimize collateral damage, maximum precision in bombing was required.為使附帶損害達到最小，要求在轟炸中使精確度達到最高。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• 4Wales has introduced special low speed limits to minimize pollution.威爾斯已經推行了特殊的低速限制以把污染降低到最低水平。
• 5This is not to minimize the tragedy and pain such a loss can generate.這並不是要減少這種損失所造成的悲劇和痛苦。
• 6They fought to minimize the law's impact by limiting definitions of key terms.他們努力通過限制關鍵術語的定義來最小化法律的影響。
• 7This will maximize the benefits and minimize the downsides of being a team player.這將使團隊合作的好處最大化，而使其缺點最小化。
• 8We should minimize the use of private cars, which emit a large amount of greenhouse gases.我們應該減少私家車的使用，因為私家車排放大量的溫室氣體。
• 9Apologies minimize conflict, lead to forgiveness, and serve to restore relationship closeness.道歉能減少衝突，帶來寬恕，並有助於修補親密關係。
• 10This does not minimize the supremacy of their achievements, which outstrip our own as the sub-four-minute milers outstrip our jogging.這並不會使他們的成就的優越性減少，他們的成就遠勝過我們，就像不超過四分鐘跑完一英里的運動員超過慢跑的我們一樣。
• 11Professors sometimes implement policies designed to minimize students' use of digital devices, and some instructors even confiscate tablets and phones.教授們有時會實行一些策略來減少學生對數碼設備的使用，有的老師甚至會沒收學生的平板電腦和手機。
• 12Since Olympic Foods will soon celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday, we can expect that our long experience will enable us to minimize costs and thus maximize profits.由於 Olympic Foods 即將慶祝它的25歲生日，我們可以期待，我們的長期經驗將使我們能夠使成本最小化，從而使利潤最大化。
• 13Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer.憂心忡忡的人們想把患上癌症的風險降到最低。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• 14He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others.他總是試圖對自己的錯誤輕描淡寫，對別人的錯誤誇大其詞。《牛津詞典》
• 15Mothers wanting to minimize the risk of cot death should breastfeed their babies.想降低嬰兒猝死綜合症機率的母親應以母乳餵養她們的寶寶。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• 16The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimize, or emphasize what you want it to.款式得當的泳衣有助於按你的意願掩飾、縮小或突出某些部位。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• 17The next hearings will be structured differently in order to minimize the inquisitorial atmosphere.以後的聽證會將有不同安排，以便儘可能地緩和審判似的氣氛。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• 18Minimize the impact of visiting the place.最大限度地減少對參觀地點的影響。
• 19One reason people lie is to minimize a mistake.人們說謊的一個原因是為了把錯誤降到最低。
• 20Understanding the motives behind the impulse to lie might minimize this habit of lying.了解說謊衝動背後的動機可能會減少說謊的習慣。
• 21The plants also change shape, shrinking to minimize the surface area through which their remaining water might evaporate.這些植物還會改變形狀，萎縮以使表面積最小化，剩餘水分正是通過植物表面蒸發掉的。
• 22In fact, homework is driven by employers' desires to minimize fixed costs: homeworkers receive no benefits and are paid less than regular employees.事實上，做家庭作業的動機是僱主希望將固定成本降到最低：在家工作的人沒有福利，工資也比正式員工低。
• 23In New Hampshire and afterward, with all the character attacks, I had to fight to keep my temper in check and minimize my tendency to whine when exhausted.在新罕布夏和之後的地方，遭受著所有的品格攻擊，我不得不竭力控制自己的脾氣，在筋疲力盡時儘量少發牢騷。
• 24Subway said that it worked hard to minimize the impact of litter on communities, so it was "still down to the individual customer to dispose of their litter responsibly".賽百味表示，公司努力將垃圾對社區的影響降到最低，因此“對垃圾處理負責仍取決於個人客戶”。
• 25We need a new look at the harnessing of scientific discoveries, to maximize their positive effects for the promotion of humanity as a whole and to minimize their negative effects.我們需要用新的眼光來看待科學發現的利用，以最大限度地提高它們對促進全人類的積極影響，並最大限度地減少它們的負面影響。
• 26The ailerons have differential travel to minimize adverse yaw.副翼具有不同的行程，以最大程度地減少不利的偏航。
• 27How do you minimize fuel costs?如何最大限度減少燃油成本？
• 28Minimize sort operations.儘量減少排序操作。
• 29And minimize the window.然後最小化視窗。
• 30And I want to minimize that guy.然後我開始最小化這個傢伙。