dwindled

英 [ˈdwɪndld]

美 [ˈdwɪndld]

v.  (逐渐)减少，变小，缩小
dwindle的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB (数量上)减少,缩小
  If somethingdwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
  1. 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。
  2. Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
     出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。
  3. 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。

双语例句

• But as society ages, growth in the stock of savings has dwindled.
  而随着社会老龄化，储蓄存量的增长已越来越少。
• Usage dwindled after he moved to Kansas City, Mo., to work for newspapers and radio.
  后来，他搬到密苏里州的堪萨斯市为报纸和电台工作后，使用“特权”的次数才慢慢减少了。
• Hope of finding more trapped survivors dwindled, and preventing hunger and disease among the homeless became more pressing.
  希望找到更多的逐渐减少的幸存者，为防止无家可归者中饥饿和疾病变得更加紧迫。
• Then it gradually dwindled down.
  后来钉钉子的次数逐渐减少。
• The time devoted to the global economy has since dwindled.
  但自此之后，峰会用于解决全球经济问题的时间一直在减少。
• 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。
• As resources dwindled, Easter Island society descended into chaos and warfare.
  当资源逐渐减少时，复活节岛的社会陷入了混乱和战争。
• But emergency relief was tagged to the war and has dwindled since.
  但紧急救援与战争相连，战后，救援逐渐减少。
• The income of the world famous teacher dwindled down to almost nothing.
  这位名师的收入也减少到几近于零。
• The fortune he inherited gradually dwindled to a few hundred pounds as the result of his extravagance.
  由于挥霍无度，他继承的那一笔钱财逐渐减少到只有几百英镑了。