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
- 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Are fish stocks dwindling?
鱼类在减少吗？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。