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

• But as society ages, growth in the stock of savings has dwindled.
  而随着社会老龄化，储蓄存量的增长已越来越少。
• The real business of the fair had considerably dwindled.
  集市的真正交易，大大削减了。
• 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。
• The protests against American beef imports began in early May and dwindled over the past two weeks.
  反对美国牛肉进口的抗议是从五月初开始的，在过去的两周里抗议逐渐减少。
• As resources dwindled, Easter Island society descended into chaos and warfare.
  当资源逐渐减少时，复活节岛的社会陷入了混乱和战争。
• The income of the world famous teacher dwindled down to almost nothing.
  这位名师的收入也减少到几近于零。
• Frustrated by their lack of real success, scientists'interests in sleep substances eventually dwindled.
  由于在寻找睡眠物质方面没能获得真正的成功，科学家们对它的兴趣最终消退了。
• As a result, tax revenue dwindled in rural Ireland, and some small villages started going down the tubes.
  结果，爱尔兰农村地区的税收减少了，有些小村庄开始衰败了。
• The demolition has sparked protests and lawsuits as affordable housing stocks have dwindled and homelessness has doubled following Hurricane Katrina.
  这一行为遭到了反对和诉讼，因为卡特里娜飓风过后许多人都买不起房子了，无家可归者数量是以前的两倍。
• Then it gradually dwindled down.
  后来钉钉子的次数逐渐减少。