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

• 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。
• 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。
• The European Union sets annual quotas in an effort to protect and revive dwindling fish stocks.
  欧盟规定每年捕鱼的限额，以期保护并恢复日渐减少的鱼群数量。
• 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。
• It offers an alternative to the dwindling supplies of natural gas.
  这一过程为正在减少中的天然气供应提供了另外的来源。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。