The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to______the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as

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问题 The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to______the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.

选项 A、decrease
B、subtract
C、minimize
D、degrade

答案C

解析动词词义辨析。根据句中的转折连词but判定，此处指的是“把损失最小化”。选项中，minimize(使最小化)，符合句意。故答案为C。

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