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.
  1. 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。
  2. Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
     出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
  3. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a becoming gradually less
  1. there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family
  Synonym:dwindling away

adj

• gradually decreasing until little remains
  Synonym:taperingtapering off

双语例句

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