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.
  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

noun

• a becoming gradually less
  1. there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family
  Synonym:dwindling away

adj

• gradually decreasing until little remains
  Synonym:taperingtapering off

双语例句

• Yet the supply of other safe assets has been dwindling.
  不过，其他安全资产的供应一直在减少。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dwindling water supplies and drought comes just as China's wealth is increasing demand for more water.
  在水资源供应减少、旱灾出现之际，中国的用水需求正在日益上升。
• 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。
• Polar bears are in danger, numbers dwindling in the Arctic because of melting ice.
  北极熊现在很危险，因为北极冰雪融化使得它的数量在减少。
• 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。
• Corporate donations from the city are dwindling, and falling property prices mean the value of legacies is diminishing.
  该城市公司的捐赠减少，下降的财产价格意味这遗产的价值缩水。
• 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。
• 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。