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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The number of people who live on the island is rapidly dwindling.
住在这个岛上的人口数目急速减少。 - 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。