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
- 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。 - Several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are beset by dwindling revenues and rising debts.
撒哈拉沙漠以南的几个非洲国家正遭受财政收入减少和债务增加的困扰。 - Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。 - The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling.
地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 - As the international financial crisis is still unfolding, resources for international development cooperation are dwindling.
国际金融危机仍在持续，国际发展合作资源也因此在减少。 - 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。 - With oil production in decline, the funds with which government could create a system in which power stations and refineries function, businesses thrive and services are delivered, are in dwindling supply.
由于石油产量下降，政府能够用来创建一个合理体系的资金供应日渐减少。在该体系下，电站和炼厂将得以运行，企业能够蓬勃发展，服务也能得以交付。 - Japan has a growing stockpile of unsold whale meat, which is dwindling in popularity among younger consumers.
日本的待售鲸肉越积越多，因为鲸肉在年轻消费者群体中的受欢迎程度正不断下降。 - 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。 - Shark was often prayed to if there were dwindling supplies of fish to feed the populace.
如果海洋中的鱼类供应减少而无法养活人口的话，人们就经常会去祈祷鲨鱼。