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

双语例句

• When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet
  他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
• 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。
• Private museums speed up, too, 21st-century crises of shrinking art resources and growing demand.
  此外，私人博物馆还加速了21世纪艺术品资源不断下降和需求不断上升的危机。
• 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。
• You talk about shrinking budgets.
  你刚刚谈到了预算缩水的问题。
• Behind weak activity: a slowdown in trade and shrinking real-estate investment.
  制造业活动低迷背后的原因在于，贸易增长放缓和房地产投资收缩。
• None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
  然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。
• Economic shrinking has finally been overpassed now.
  现在经济萎缩终于过去了。
• 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。
• Ireland has adopted a strategy of shrinking to grow.
  爱尔兰已采取了通过收缩实现增长的战略。