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
- The number of people who live on the island is rapidly dwindling.
住在这个岛上的人口数目急速减少。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。