Here is a place behind the eyes of those accustomed by what some would call diminishment.

此处的人 习惯了所谓的退化萎缩。

You can actually detect the slight diminishment of light as a planet passes in front of a star and infer that its presence is there that way.

当一颗行星从一颗恒星前面经过时，你实际上可以检测到光线的轻微减弱，并推断出它的存在。

As she got into bed again she could hear Dilsey yet descending the stairs with a sort of painful and terrific slowness that would have become maddening had it not presently ceased beyond the flapping diminishment of the pantry door.

当她再次上床时，她能听到迪尔西下楼梯的声音，速度非常缓慢，令人痛苦，而且非常缓慢，如果不是立即停止，超过了食品室门的拍打声，这种速度会变得令人抓狂。