Mary: : I know. But why your sudden interest in lessening your salt intake?

玛丽：这我知道。但你为什么突然想减少盐的摄取量？ ？

Sedimented institutions worsen the bias by lessening choice, interest, and participation.

通过减少人们的选择权、利益和参与，陈腐的制度让这一倾向更加恶化。

I gather there seems to be no lessening of the intensity of argumentation in this country.

我猜想关于这国家，的论证强度没有减少。

“That may drop to 60 or 70 gigawatts now, after Japan, and any lessening is a good thing,” Mr. Tu said.

涂先生说“在日本核电事故后，这一目标也许会降到600亿或700亿瓦核电容量，减少核电容量是件好事。

An important way to reduce NCDs is to focus on lessening the risk factors associated with these diseases.

减少非传染性疾病的一个重要方式就是将重点放在减少与这些疾病有关的危险因素方面。