flatten the curve

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce the rate at which an infection spreads during an epidemic, decreasing the number of active cases at any given time by increasing the period of time over which numbers of similar cases occur. colloquial
    — It is possible that these measures could have started to flatten the curve of deaths before the effects of the wider lockdown were visible.

词形变化

flattens the curve present,singular,third-person flattening the curve participle,present flattened the curve participle,past flattened the curve past
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