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shrinking

英 [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]

v.  (使)缩水,收缩,缩小,皱缩; (使)缩小,减少; 退缩; 畏缩
shrink的现在分词

现在分词:shrinking 

医学

BNC.18444 / COCA.11165

柯林斯词典

  • VERB (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水,收缩,缩小,皱缩
    If cloth or clothingshrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
    1. All my jumpers have shrunk.
      我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。
  • V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
    If somethingshrinksor something elseshrinksit, it becomes smaller.
    1. The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
      西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。
    2. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
      匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。
  • VERB (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩,畏缩,避开
    If youshrink away fromsomeone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
    1. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
      当我试图和一个孩子说话时,他避开了我。
    2. Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
      西格弗里德畏缩了,退避到墙根。
    3. She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
      她不由得倒抽了口冷气,往后退了退。
  • VERB 畏避,回避(工作、责任等)
    If you do notshrink froma task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
    1. We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
      我们要想保持诚信可靠,就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。
    2. They didn't shrink from danger.
      他们在危险面前没有退缩。
  • N-COUNT 精神病学家;心理学家
    Ashrinkis a psychiatrist.
    1. I've seen a shrink already.
      我已经看过心理专家了。
  • no shrinking violet→ see:violet

英英释义

noun

  • the act of becoming less
    1. process or result of becoming less or smaller
      1. the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
      Synonym:shrinkage

    双语例句

    • The personal market appears to be shrinking, according to the market research firms Gartner and IDC.
      根据市场调研公司Gartner和IDC提供的数据,个人电脑(PC)市场出现了萎缩迹象。
    • Pressure for land for agriculture also resulted in the forest area shrinking in both size and quality.
      需要更多土地进行农业的压力也导致了森林面积的数量和质量的缩水。
    • This finding goes against previous research which had showed that social network sizes are shrinking.
      这个发现和过去表明社交圈子在缩小的研究结果不一样。
    • Property developers will face challenges including shrinking profit margins and intensifying competition.
      房地产开发商将面临包括利润率下降和竞争加剧在内的种种挑战。
    • How do you keep wages and benefits in line with shrinking profit margins?
      你如何在边际利润下降的情况下让雇员的工资和你的企业的利益相一致?
    • The main impact of the financial crisis has not been factory closures but shrinking orders and manufacturing capacity.
      金融危机的主要冲击并不是工厂关门,而是订单和制造产能的缩水。
    • The essential choice of raising capital or shrinking their balance sheets remains for many continental European banks.
      对欧洲大陆的许多银行来说,是增加资本金,还是收缩资产负债表,依然是它们面临的一个重要选择。
    • This paper is focused on the analysis of three nozzles with different entrance shrinking angle with FEM method.
      文中运用有限元法对三种不同入口收缩角的喷嘴进行了分析。
    • For all their differences, tabloids in most rich countries have one common feature: shrinking circulation.
      尽管他们存在这么多的不同,大多数富有国家的小报中存在着一个共同的特点:萎缩的发行量。
    • We would have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.
      要是我们在冲突面前畏缩不前,我们可以避免这些痛苦;