lenition

英式音标：[lɪ'nɪʃən]

美式音标：[lɪ'nɪʃən]

词汇分类：《剑桥语言百科全书》专业词汇,《语言学入门》专业词汇

词义：

n.

辅音的减弱；

英英释义

Lenition

In linguistics, lenition is a kind of sound change that alters consonants, making them more sonorous. The word lenition itself means "softening"or "weakening"(from Latin lenis = weak).

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用法：

权威例句

Lenition

Lenition

Lenition of /h/ and glottal stop

Lenition inhibition in Liverpool English

Consonant lenition and phonological recategorization

Geminate Inalterability and Lenition

An effort based approach to consonant lenition

An effort-based approach to consonant lenition /

Exemplar dynamics: Word frequency, lenition and contrast.

Listeners recover /t/s that speakers reduce: Evidence from /t/-lenition in Dutch

造句：

1. At other times the discrepancy was of the order of 20%.

往常的出入约为20%。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The discrepancy in their ages seemed not to matter.

他们之间年龄的差异似乎没有多大关系.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. A greater cause for resentment is the discrepancy in pay.

导致愤怒的更主要原因是报酬上的差异.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. There was a discrepancy in the two reports of the accident.

关于那次事故的两则报道有不一致之处.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. There was considerable discrepancy between the two accounts of the battle.

两份关于那次战役的报道大有出入.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

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