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
- 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。 - 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 number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling.
地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。 - 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。 - 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。 - The chancellor of the Exchequer groaned about our dwindling dollar resources.
财政大臣为我们日益减少的美元储备而叫苦。 - Are fish stocks dwindling?
鱼类在减少吗？ - They discussed the effect of dwindling wetlands on ducks and geese.
他们讨论过沼泽地带缩小封鸭和鹅的影响。 - They are also adapting to an environment of more regulation, less risk, and dwindling profits.
他们也要适应一个更多的规则、减少风险并且所见利润的环境。