dwindled

英 [ˈdwɪndld]

美 [ˈdwɪndld]

v.  (逐渐)减少，变小，缩小
dwindle的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• Our savings have dwindled since my wife was sent to hospital.
  自从我妻子被送到医院以后，我们的储蓄越来越少。
• As her savings dwindled, the single mother had to move into a motel with her three daughters.
  随着她的积蓄逐渐减少，这位单亲妈妈不得不和她的三个女儿搬进了汽车旅馆。
• But emergency relief was tagged to the war and has dwindled since.
  但紧急救援与战争相连，战后，救援逐渐减少。
• Then it gradually dwindled down.
  后来钉钉子的次数逐渐减少。
• In dry times the lakes dwindled and the plants declined to niches.
  在干旱时期，湖面缩小，而且植物也衰败成小的生态环境。
• The time devoted to the global economy has since dwindled.
  但自此之后，峰会用于解决全球经济问题的时间一直在减少。
• The fortune he inherited gradually dwindled to a few hundred pounds as the result of his extravagance.
  由于挥霍无度，他继承的那一笔钱财逐渐减少到只有几百英镑了。
• Usage dwindled after he moved to Kansas City, Mo., to work for newspapers and radio.
  后来，他搬到密苏里州的堪萨斯市为报纸和电台工作后，使用“特权”的次数才慢慢减少了。
• Under Roman, Byzantine, and Persian rule, Jewish presence in the province dwindled.
  之后，在罗马、拜占庭和波斯的统治之下，犹太人逐渐减少。
• His money dwindled away to nothing while traveling in europe.
  在游欧期间，他花光了所有的钱。