中英词典查询

dwindle [ˈdwɪndl]

vi. 减少，变小，缩小; 衰落，变坏，退化;
过去式：: dwindled 过去分词：: dwindled 现在分词：: dwindling 第三人称单数：: dwindles
[同义词] 减少;变小;衰落: shrink waste away lessen subside reduce decrease diminish abate decline

例句:

  • Convergence could mean that single-function devices start to dwindle in number.
    来自BBC
  • Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.
    退休人员会使中国的储蓄率开始下降.
  • 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.
  • Yet, as earth's other natural resources dwindle, nations eye the Antarctic as a final repository.
    然而, 由于地球上其他自然资源的减少, 一些国家视南极洲为最后的宝库.
  • The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.
    [人都是在原谅自己的那一分钟开始懈怠. ]
  • Once these resources start to dwindle then what?
    来自SA
  • With no star attraction, visitor numbers dwindle and bills mount.
    来自THETIMES