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。 - 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。 - In science and technology lies the answer to the problems of dwindling resources.
在科学和技术中蕴藏着解决日益减少的资源问题的答案。 - Japan has a growing stockpile of unsold whale meat, which is dwindling in popularity among younger consumers.
日本的待售鲸肉越积越多，因为鲸肉在年轻消费者群体中的受欢迎程度正不断下降。 - As the international financial crisis is still unfolding, resources for international development cooperation are dwindling.
国际金融危机仍在持续，国际发展合作资源也因此在减少。 - The dwindling number of supplier nations could encourage the formation of an OPEC of gas.
天然气供应国数量的不断减少，可能会鼓励“天然气欧佩克”的问世。 - Shark was often prayed to if there were dwindling supplies of fish to feed the populace.
如果海洋中的鱼类供应减少而无法养活人口的话，人们就经常会去祈祷鲨鱼。 - 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。 - Around the world, dwindling water supplies and deteriorating water quality are driving innovations in water treatment technologies.
在全世界范围内，不断减少的水资源和恶化的水质正在驱动着水处理技术的创新。 - 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。