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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。 - 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。