dwindle

dwindle音标

英 [ˈdwɪndl]

美 [ˈdwɪndl]

dwindle基本释义

v.减少；缩小

dwindle用法及例句

v.(动词)

vi. 逐渐变少或变小 become gradually less or smaller

verb

1. become smaller or lose substance

e.g. Her savings dwindled down

Synonym: dwindle awaydwindle down

1. (数量上)减少,缩小If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.

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

1. 缩小：Dwight Eisenhower 艾森豪威尔 | dwindle 缩小 | Dy 镝

2. (随风而逝) 减少：consummate 成就 完成 sum 和 (共同完成一个事情的和) | dwindle (随风而逝) 减少 | haphazard 偶然的 随便的

3. dwindle的反义词

3. 减少：scorch#烘焦;烧焦 | dwindle#减少 | relinquish#放弃

4. dwindle什么意思

4. 缩小,萎缩：budge v. 编预算 | dwindle 缩小,萎缩 | unsustainable 不能维持下去

常用例句

用作动词(v.)

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。

The sun came struggling through again and the rain dwindled to a few glittering drops.

出自：J. B. Priestley

The uproar had dwindled to silence.

出自：R. C. Hutchinson

近义词

临近词

decline下降

fade逐渐消失

waste away日益消瘦

waste废物

shrink收缩

fall off跌落

drop落下

away离开

languish衰弱无力

lessen减少

decrease减少

drop off减弱

lower低的

reduce减少

fade away逐渐消失

dwindle away减少

abate缓和

diminish减少

subside沉没

dwindle down逐渐变小; 逐渐减少...

disappear消失

dwindlement

dwindle in size

Dwindle to

dwindle away into

dwindle down to

dwindle down

dwell

dwindle out

dwindle in numBers

dwindle away

Dy

dwindle into

相关列句

This hits Britain hard as North Sea reserves dwindle and the country imports an ever-greater share of its energy.(因为北海储量减少，国家能源更加依赖进口，英国能源受到了沉重打击。)

I dwindle, thin as a golden flower.(我缩少，尽管薄的一朵金色的花。)

They will always be valuable (possibly even more valuable) while men's supposed natural attributes dwindle.(当男人的那些所谓自然特质逐渐式微之时，女人的那些才是有价值的(很有可能会更有价值)。)

The IIF expects that flows will dwindle to a paltry $165 billion this year.(国际金融协会(IIF)预计，今年私人资本的净流入将减少到区区1650以美金。)

The boost from firms rebuilding their inventories after running them down in the recession will dwindle.(在经济不景气的时，企业重建库存的动力将会下降。)

But soda companies won't just sit quietly and let their profits dwindle.(不过苏打水公司可不会坐视不管，任凭利润下降。)

Unfortunately, the longer that the credit crunch continues, the more those reserves will start to dwindle.(不幸的是，信贷紧缩持续的越久，更多的储备会下降。)

If we try to avoid the confrontation then creativity, motivation, hope and positivity start to dwindle.(要是我们试图回避挑战，那么创造力、动力、希望和积极性就都会开始减弱。)

As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.(在先前的渐新世，草地的面积增大，森林的面积减少。)

But as the online holdings of Google Books increases, will delivery request traffic dwindle?(但当GoogleBooks在线馆藏的日益增加时，是否会减少传递请求数量？)