minimized

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪzd]

v. 使减少到最低限度; 降低; 贬低; 使显得不重要; (尤指在计算机屏幕上)使最小化
minimize的过去分词和过去式

过去式：minimized　

COCA.39324

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 minimise

VERB 使减至最低程度;使保持最低程度
If youminimizea risk, problem, or unpleasant situation, you reduce it to the lowest possible level, or prevent it increasing beyond that level.
1. Concerned people want to minimize the risk of developing cancer...
  相关人员希望尽可能降低罹癌风险。
2. Many of these problems can be minimised by sensible planning.
  这些问题很多可以通过合理安排尽可能避免。
VERB 对…轻描淡写；使显得不重要
If youminimizesomething, you make it seem smaller or less significant than it really is.
1. Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors...
  有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
2. At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.
  接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。
VERB 把(计算机屏幕上的窗口)最小化
If youminimizea window on a computer screen, you make it very small, because you do not want to use it.
1. Click the square icon again to minimize the window.
  再次点击正方形图标，把窗口最小化。

adj

Some have minimized the importance of ideological factors
有些人淡化了意识形态因素的重要性。
Second, the production and distribution cycle was short, which minimized inventories.
其次，生产周期和分配周期较短，这帮助库存降至最低水平。
This impact can be minimized by careful placement of the federated server logs on high-performance disks.
通过小心地将联邦服务器日志放置在高性能磁盘上，可以最小化这种影响。
How much can be minimized, of course, depends on the product and type of problem.
当然，具体能减少多少，取决于产品和问题类型。
High Availability – Downtime can be minimized with replication and fault tolerant hosted configurations.
高可用性&有了复制与容错的托管配置，宕机时间可以最小化。
Cost is minimized by sacrificing the intelligence needed to route packets.
由于牺牲了规定包路由所需的智能，从而使成本降低。
The establishment-muzzled press has minimized this important people's victory.
受官方控制的新闻界贬低了这次人民的重大胜利。
They minimized the accident.
他们低估了意外事件的严重性。
This lag phenomenon had to be minimized by design.
这种延迟现象必须通过设计来使其最小化。
If friction is not minimized, excessive heat and wear will severely limit the life and usefulness of machines.
过多的摩擦会产生过多的热量和磨损，从而严重限制机器的寿命和性能。