Steps are to be taken to abate pollution.

应该采取措施减少污染。

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Yet it is likely that from now on the flow of oil will abate as, with the addition of new pipes and ships, the capacity to get it to the surface grows.

看来，从现在开始，随着新管道和船只的增加，石油的流量将会减少，把石油从海底运上来的能力增长了。

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All this argues for a cautious response to claims that e-communications abate conflict by bringing mutually suspicious people together.

有人认为，电子通信可以使相互怀疑的群体彼此取得联系，从而淡化冲突；对此，上述事例可以作为一个谨慎的回应。

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Strauss-Kahn told an audience for 2010 at Washington's National Press Club that there are signs that the free-fall in the global economy may be starting to abate.

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However, unionists said it would take time for the hurt caused by the remarks to abate and welcomed her decision to cancel the visit to the mainly loyalist Shankill.

BBC: Mary McAleese and her husband Martin during Belfast visit

Many states offer a variation on a Voluntary Disclosure Program, which allows taxpayers to abate penalties if they come forward to offer new information about existing tax liabilities.

FORBES: Tax Amnesty Works Without Big Brother

If the ECB gives the impression that it will do the minimum to abate the bond-market panic, it would increase the pressure on Italy's politicians to support a reform-minded cabinet and to push through the right policies quickly.

ECONOMIST: The European Central Bank