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

• 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。
• 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。
• Polar bears are in danger, numbers dwindling in the Arctic because of melting ice.
  北极熊现在很危险，因为北极冰雪融化使得它的数量在减少。
• 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。
• 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。
• This has led some successful authors to worry about dwindling profits.
  这让一些成功的作家担心收入会减少。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Corporate donations from the city are dwindling, and falling property prices mean the value of legacies is diminishing.
  该城市公司的捐赠减少，下降的财产价格意味这遗产的价值缩水。