1. Workers in Jakarta clean piles of rubbish along the river twice a week to minimise flooding in the city ahead of the rainy season. 一批雅加达的工人一个星期清理堆积的沿河垃圾两次，以便减低未来的雨季时，河水浸入城市的可能性。
2. The installed 7G-TRONIC gearbox has a function that puts it into manual while in traffic or stuck in a jam to minimise fuel usage. 已安装的7速自动变速器变速箱有一个功能，把它变成手册，而在交通或陷入困境，以减少燃料使用。
3. Derivative action (referred to by the letter D) measures and responds to the rate of change of process signal, and adjusts the output of the controller to minimise overshoot. 微分动作（字母D表示）测量并对过程信号变化率进行反应，调整控制器的输出以达到最小的突出峰。
英英解释
v.
1. represent as less significant or important
2. make small or insignificant
