dwindling
英 [ˈdwɪndlɪŋ]
美 [ˈdwɪndlɪŋ]
v. (逐渐)减少，变小，缩小
dwindle的现在分词
现在分词：dwindling
BNC.14053 / COCA.10969
柯林斯词典
- VERB (数量上)减少,缩小
If somethingdwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.- The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...
工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。 - Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。 - He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.
他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。
- The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...
英英释义
noun
- a becoming gradually less
- there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family
adj
- gradually decreasing until little remains
双语例句
- The number of people who live on the island is rapidly dwindling.
住在这个岛上的人口数目急速减少。 - Japanese newspapers have a large readership but are facing dwindling advertising revenues and falling circulation.
日本的报纸拥有庞大的读者基础，但它们的广告收入日渐下滑，发行量也不断减少。 - In science and technology lies the answer to the problems of dwindling resources.
在科学和技术中蕴藏着解决日益减少的资源问题的答案。 - The dwindling number of supplier nations could encourage the formation of an OPEC of gas.
天然气供应国数量的不断减少，可能会鼓励“天然气欧佩克”的问世。 - My own response to a longer life and dwindling wealth is simple.
我自己对寿命变长和财富减少的回应很简单。 - With dwindling revenue and diminished resources, frustrated newspaper executives are looking for someone to blame.
面对不断缩水的收入和资源，屡屡受挫的报业管理人士正在找替罪羊。 - Are fish stocks dwindling?
鱼类在减少吗？ - Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。 - This has led some successful authors to worry about dwindling profits.
这让一些成功的作家担心收入会减少。 - And the dwindling capital becomes smaller and smaller until it no longer supplies even our basic needs.
随着本金的逐渐减少，最后可能会连我们最基本的生活需要都满足不了了。