minimize

英 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]

美 [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz]

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

现在分词：minimizing　过去分词：minimized　第三人称单数：minimizes　过去式：minimized　

Collins.2 / BNC.8977 / COCA.3941

牛津词典

verb

使减少到最低限度
to reduce sth, especially sth bad, to the lowest possible level
1. Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection.
  保持清洁有助于最大限度地减少感染的危险。
降低；贬低；使显得不重要
to try to make sth seem less important than it really is
1. He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others.
  他总是试图对自己的错误轻描淡写，对别人的错误夸大其词。
（尤指在计算机屏幕上）使最小化
to make sth small, especially on a computer screen
1. Minimize any windows you have opened.
  把你打开的所有窗口最小化。

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。

verb

make small or insignificant
1. Let's minimize the risk
Synonym:minimise
represent as less significant or important
Synonym:understateminimisedownplay
cause to seem less serious
1. Don't belittle his influence
Synonym:belittledenigratederogate