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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• High oil prices and dwindling resources have put a rocket under the price of equipment and services providers and triggered a wave of consolidation.
  高企的油价和日渐稀缺的资源，为油田设备和服务供应商的股价安装了火箭发动机，并引发该行业一轮整合大潮。
• 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。
• Hunting aside, the number of frogs already were dwindling in Montserrat because of the active volcano.
  将捕猎放在一旁不谈，由于活火山，在蒙特塞拉特这种青蛙的数目已经不断减少。
• Are fish stocks dwindling?
  鱼类在减少吗？
• 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。
• Red Talons guard the dwindling wolf packs across the world.
  红色魔爪越过世界保护那些日益缩小的狼组织。