To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
例句
You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it...风险不可能完全消除,但可以通过防范和培训来降低。Theirs had been an increasingly attenuated relationship.他们的关系日益冷淡。
英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
减弱,贬值
In a forest, wet wood and needles attenuate the signals.在森林中,潮湿的树木与针叶会使讯号变弱。Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.接著我们致力于找出能够减弱辐射的聚合物。
英英词典释义
Verb
1. weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)
2. become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude