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v.减少⁷⁹;缩小²¹原型dwindle的现在分词过去分词dwindled现在分词dwindling三单dwindles
v.动词
vi. 逐渐变少或变小become gradually less or smaller
Verb:
become smaller or lose substance;Her savings dwindled down decrease，diminish，lessen，reduce，dwindle这些词的共同含义是“减少，变少”。 decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。 diminish侧重大小、数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。 lessen普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。 reduce普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。 dwindle与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。 dwindle away减少
近义词 drop落下away离开abate缓和waste废物lower低的lessen减少shrink收缩reduce减少decline下降subside沉没decrease减少diminish减少fall off跌落drop off减弱fade逐渐消失disappear消失languish衰弱无力dwindle away减少fade away逐渐消失waste away日益消瘦dwindle down逐渐变小; 逐渐减少…
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用作不及物动词
S+～+AThe number of wild animals on the earth isdwindling.地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。
动词93%,名词7%
用作动词Those jobs willdwindlein years to come.这些工作以后会逐年减少。
The number of Internet cafes is starting todwindle.网咖的数目正开始逐渐减少中。as in.flagging
同义词 fading,listless,sagging,slumping,waning,weakeningdrooping,fatigued,languishing,limp,slacking,tired,tiringdroopy,languorous,leaden,lethargic,spiritless,weak
反义词 energized,refreshedas in.lessening
同义词 abating,decliningdepreciatingdiminishing,dropping,ebbing,lightening,lowering,moderating,narrowing,plummeting,plunging,quieting,sagging,shrinking,sinking,slackening,slowing,slumping,softening,subsiding,waning,wasting,weakeningdying down,fading away,losing momentum,shriveling up,wearing down,wearing offas in.contraction
同义词 decrease,deflation,recession,reduction,shrinkageabbreviation,abridgment,compression,condensation,condensing,confinement,constriction,curtailment,diminution,elision,evaporation,lessening,narrowing,omission,receding,reducing,shrinking,tightening,withdrawalabbreviatingabridgingconfining,curtailing,cutting down,decreasing,deflating,diminishing,drawing together,evaporatingloppingomittingshrivellingtensing,withdrawing
反义词 enlargement,increase,expansion,openingamplification,dilation,extension,lengthening,spread,stretchas in.decline
同义词 deterioration,downturn,drop,failure,fall,recession,slump,weakeningabatement,backsliding,comedown,cropper,decay,decrepitude,degeneracy,degeneration,descent,devolution,diminution,dissolution,dive,downfall,downgrade,ebb,ebbing,enfeeblement,failing,flop,lapse,pratfall,relapse,senility,skids,wane,waning,worseningfall-off,falling-off,on the skids
反义词 increase,rise,success,accomplishment,achievement,ascent,development,growth,improvement,progress,strength,strengthening,upgradebettermentas in.decrease
同义词 contraction,cutback,decline,discount,downturn,loss,reduction,shrinkageabatement,compression,condensation,constriction,declining,depression,diminution,ebb,markdown,subsidence,waningdecrescence,falling-off,striction
反义词 enlargement,increase,rise,markupaddition,development,expansion,growth,raiseas in.ebb
同义词 abatement,backflow,decay,decrease,degeneration,depreciation,deterioration,diminution,drop,flagging,lessening,recession,reflux,retreat,shrinkage,sinking,slackening,subsidence,sweep,wane,waning,weakening,withdrawalfading away,going out,low tide,low water,outward flow,petering out,refluence,retrocession,retroflux
反义词 advance,development,enlargement,expansion,growth,improvement,increaseflow,incline,riseas in.fall
同义词 decline,decrease,dip,drop,plunge,recession,reduction,slump,spillabatement,cut,declivity,diminution,dive,downgrade,ebb,header,incline,lapse,lessening,plummet,pratfall,slant,slip,slope,tumblebelly flop,downward slope,falling-off,nosedive
反义词 ascent,riseclimbas in.nosedive
同义词 abatement,cut,decline,declivity,decrease,descent,diminution,dip,dive,downgrade,downswing,downturn,drop,drop-off,ebb,header,incline,lapse,lessening,plummet,plunge,pratfall,recession,reduction,skid,slant,slide,slip,slope,slump,spill,tumblebelly flop,downslide,downtrend,downward slope,falling-off,nose dive
反义词 ascent,development,enlargement,evenness,expansion,growth,improvement,incline,increase,level,perfection,rise,success,upgrade
contractionnoun drawing in;shortening
abbreviating,abbreviationabridgingabridgment,compression,condensation,condensing,confinement,confining,constriction,curtailing,curtailment,cutting down,decrease,decreasing,deflating,deflation,diminishing,diminution,drawing together,elision,evaporating,evaporation,lesseningloppingnarrowing,omission,omitting,receding,recession,reducing,reduction,shrinkage,shrinkingshrivellingtensing,tightening,withdrawal,withdrawing
declinenoun lessening
abatement,backsliding,comedown,cropper,decay,decrepitude,degeneracy,degeneration,descent,deterioration,devolution,diminution,dissolution,dive,downfall,downgrade,downturn,drop,dwindling,ebb,ebbing,enfeeblement,failing,failure,fall,fall-off,falling-off,flop,lapse,on the skids,pratfall,recession,relapse,senility,skids,slump,wane,waning,weakening,worsening
decreasenoun diminishing, lessening
abatement,compression,condensation,constriction,contraction,cutback,decline,declining,decrescence,depression,diminution,discount,downturn,dwindling,ebb,falling-off,loss,markdown,reduction,shrinkage,striction,subsidence,waning
degenerativeadjective tending to diminish in quality
backward,declinatory,deleterious,depressive,deteriorating,dwindling,frittering,regressive,retrogressive
ebbnoun regression;decline
abatement,backflow,decay,decrease,degeneration,depreciation,deterioration,diminution,drop,dwindling,fading away,flagging,going out,lessening,low tide,low water,outward flow,petering out,recession,refluence,reflux,retreat,retrocession,retroflux,shrinkage,sinking,slackening,subsidence,sweep,wane,waning,weakening,withdrawal
fallnoun descent;lowering
abatement,belly flop,cut,decline,declivity,decrease,diminution,dip,dive,downgrade,downward slope,drop,dwindling,ebb,falling-off,header,incline,lapse,lessening,nosedive,plummet,plunge,pratfall,recession,reduction,slant,slip,slope,slump,spill,tumble Prisons and jails took some of the biggest cuts this summer when legislators cut their state budgets, trying to slash their way out of an economic morass exacerbated by dwindling tax revenues.
今年夏天，为了摆脱因税收缩水而更趋恶化的经济困境，州议员大砍州政府预算，有些监狱和拘留所的经费也大幅删减。 iciba
They worry that, as the government fumbles with a new procedure, competing disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti are fast eating into a dwindling pool of resources.
他们担心，当政府在摸索新的程序时，像海地地震这样的竞争性的灾难正在快速地吞噬着不断萎缩的资源库。 ecocn
Though open racism has been dwindling in Britain, competition for jobs and state resources makes some whites grumble that they are taking second place.
在英国，虽然公开的种族歧视已经在逐步减少，对工作和政府资源的争夺使得一些白人抱怨自己处于次要地位。 ecocn.org
Where are people going to find news and information they trust, in a world with a dwindling number of print publications and an ever- expanding number of online publications?
全世界印刷出版物的总数在不断减少，而网络出版物的数量日益增多。大家应该去哪儿寻找可以信赖的新闻和信息呢？ yeeyan |