(3) _The Liver_.--When the function of the liver is impaired by tumors, cirrhosis, or degeneration of the liver itself, then the entire energy of the body is correspondingly diminished. This diminution of energy is evidenced by muscular and mental weakness, by diminished response and by gradual loss of efficiency which finally reaches the state of asthenia.英文原著 · 《The Origin and Nature of Emotions》
Llywelyn's first task was to become sole ruler in Gwynedd. The sons of Owen Gwynedd had divided the strong Gwynedd left them by their father, and their nobles and priests could not decide which of the sons was to be supreme. Iorwerth, the poet Howel, David, Maelgwn, Rhodri, tried to get Gwynedd, or portions of it. Eventually, David I. became king; but soon a strong opposition placed Llywelyn, the able son of Iorwerth, on the throne. Uncles and cousins showed some jealousy; but the growing power of Llywelyn soon made them obey him with gradually diminishing envy.英文原著 · 《A Short History of Wales》
The sea took, with a quiet readiness that was happily submissive, its burnished gift of gold. The gray was lost in gold. And Hermione watched, and drank in the delicate air, but caught nothing of the delicate spirit of the dawn. Presently the boat that lay not far beyond the rocks moved. A little black figure stood up in it, swayed to and fro, plying tiny oars. The boat diminished. It was leaving the fishing-ground. It was going towards Mergellina.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
With the son she was strangely intimate. From the mother she felt separated by a gulf. And that fear of hers? She looked again round the room. Had that fear increased or diminished? Her eyes fell on Maria Addolorata, then on the /Fattura della morte/. She did not know why, but she was moved to speak about it. "You have nice rooms here," she said.英文原著 · 《A Spirit in Prison》
Raffles took up the cane which he had laid down with his overcoat. It was a stout bamboo with a polished ferule. He unscrewed the ferule, and shook out of the cane a diminishing series of smaller canes, exactly like a child's fishing-rod, which I afterward found to have been their former state. A double hook of steel was now produced and quickly attached to the tip of the top joint; then Raffles undid three buttons of his waistcoat; and lapped round and round his waist was the finest of Manila ropes, with the neatest of foot-loops at regular intervals.英文原著 · 《A Thief in the Night》
Still the same note sounded, but now it was as if blown by a giant trumpeter immediately over his head. Then it gradually diminished in force, and travelled away in front of him. It ended very faintly and distantly. He felt himself alone with Nature. A sacred stillness came over his heart. Past and future were forgotten. The forest, the sun, the day did not exist for him. He was unconscious of himself - he had no thoughts and no feelings.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
What you saw would have brought up issues of mortality and diminished utility for anyone.美剧 · 《Billions》