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ease up/off
phrasal verb with easeverbuk /iːz/ us /iːz/
(STOP)
to gradually stop or become less: 逐渐停止；减少，减轻
At last the rain began to ease off.最终雨势开始减弱了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
fall away
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
(WORK LESS)
to start to work less or do things with less energy: 放松;悠着干;变得悠闲
As he got older, he started to ease up a little.随着年岁增长，他工作起来就不再那么拼命了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calming and relaxing
appease
assuage
balls-to-the-wall
bask
bread
calm
chill
lie down
lighten something up
lull
lull someone into something
make yourself at homeidiom
melt
relaxation
settle
settle down
shirt
simmer
simmer down
slow down
(TREAT LESS SEVERELY)
to start to treat someone less severely: 不再为难;不再十分苛刻
ease up/off onI wish his supervisor would ease up on him a bit.我希望他的上司能对他宽厚一些。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lenient & merciful
charitable
charitably
charity
clemency
ease
easy
go easyidiom
have a heart!idiom
heart
leniency
lenient
magnanimous
magnanimously
merciful
mercy
quarter
squishy
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