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ameliorate verb
(動)改善する
- ameliorates ameliorated; ameliorating
[tobject] formal
To make (something, such as a problem) better,
less painful, etc.
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Precinct noun
(名)選挙区、管区、境界、周囲
plural precincts
[count]
IUS: any one of the sections that a town or city
is divided into when people vote in an election
ex) trying to ameliorate the suffering of people ex) an electoral precinct.
•
.
who have lost their jobs,
This medicine should help ameliorate the pain.
atrophy noun/verb²
(名)(医学用語で)委縮退化、衰退
(動)萎縮する、衰退させる
1 [noncount] medical
gradual loss of muscle or flesh usually because of
disease or lack of use
ex). The doctor is concerned about possible
atrophy of the shoulder muscles.
- often used figuratively
ex). emotional/intellectual atrophy [= loss of emotional
/intellectual strength]
2- atrophies; atrophiedi atrophying
[no object] medical
to become weak from lack of use: to suffer from
atrophy
ex) Her muscles atrophied during her illness,
.
°
• After her surgery, she received therapy
to keep the muscles from atrophying.
2VS
as any one of the sections that acity is divided
into for organizing the city's police forces.
ex) a police precinct
⚫a precinct captain/station
bi a police station of a precinct
ex). She was taken to the (police) precinct
For questioning.
3 British an area