dwindle

英 [ˈdwɪndl]

美 [ˈdwɪndl]

v.  (逐渐)减少，变小，缩小

过去式：dwindled　过去分词：dwindled　现在分词：dwindling　复数：dwindles　第三人称单数：dwindles　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11193 / COCA.10733

牛津词典

verb

• （逐渐）减少，变小，缩小
  to become gradually less or smaller
  1. dwindling audiences
     越来越少的观众
  2. Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.
     支持这个党派的人渐渐化为乌有。
  3. Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.
     俱乐部会员人数已从70减少到20。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (数量上)减少,缩小
  If somethingdwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
  1. 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。
  2. Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
     出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
  3. 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。

英英释义

verb

• become smaller or lose substance
  1. Her savings dwindled down
  Synonym:dwindle awaydwindle down

双语例句

• We have seen that as their numbers dwindle, the dark becomes more pliable to our various demands.
  我们已经看到了，黑暗势力的逐渐萎缩。
• As we grow older the passion for learning and success generally tends to dwindle in most of us, and we become willing to settle for second best.
  当我们年岁渐长，大多数人对学习以及成功的热情通常会日趋减少，我们会心甘情愿地满足于退而求其次。
• Allowing one axis of the ellipse to dwindle to zero, the crack limit solution is obtained.
  将椭圆一轴缩小到零，得到了裂纹情况的位错象力。
• And irrespective of speculation in the markets, credit crunches and short-term liquidity issues, the needs of the masses are not likely to dwindle in the medium-to long-term.
  尽管目前存在市场投机行为、信贷紧缩及短期流动性问题，但在中长期内，大众需求不太可能萎缩。
• I've heard it in the frustrations of Americans who've seen their paychecks dwindle or their jobs disappear – proud men and women who feel like the rules have been changed in the middle of the game.
  我也曾听见人民遭遇的挫折，工资逐渐减少，甚至失去了工作&曾经自豪的人们突然感到好像是在比赛过程中游戏规则改变了。
• Many would-be retirees have watched their savings dwindle and health care costs soar.
  许多将要退休的人，看到存款缩小，而健保开支猛增。
• But as their habitats dwindle, many croc species face an uncertain future.
  但随着它们栖息地的减少，许多种类鳄鱼所面临的前途未卜。
• Without the determined support of the putative victim, the chances of securing a conviction quickly dwindle.
  没有公认受害者的坚定支持，证明不法之徒有罪的可能性便迅速降低。
• As its numbers dwindle, disappearance becomes inevitable and the last survivors of the doomed herd become objects of curiosity and pity.
  随着个体数量的减少，物种消失是不可避免的。这一注定灭绝物种的最后存活者会成为人们好奇和遗憾的对象。
• If that trader gets slammed again, his buying power will dwindle down to nothing!
  那位投资者要再这么倒霉一次，那他的购买能力将直降为零啊！