minimize

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

min·im·ize AW (BrE also-ise) [minimize minimizes minimized minimizing] BrE [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz] NAmE [ˈmɪnɪmaɪz] verb
1. ~ sth to reduce sth, especially sth bad, to the lowest possible level
•Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection.
•Costs were minimized by using plastic instead of leather.
Opp: ↑maximize
2. ~ sth to try to make sth seem less important than it really is
Syn: play down
•He always tried to minimize his own faults, while exaggerating those of others.
3. ~ sth to make sth small, especially on a computer screen
•Minimize any windows you have open.
Opp: ↑maximize
Derived Word: ↑minimization
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•The proposals are designed to minimize waste and encourage recycling.
•measures to help minimize the effects of the recession
•to pay the cheapest possible rent in order to minimize costs
•They worked at night in order to minimize the disruption.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  belittle, denigrate, derogate, understate, minimise, downplay
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify, maximize, maximise