dwindle

美 [?dw?nd(?)l] 　英 ['dw?nd(?)l]

• v.變小
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)縮小；減少；逐漸減少

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But as public protests continued to dwindle without actually ending, the authorities said the incumbent would be sworn in early next month.

但是隨著公共抗議聲逐漸減少（事實(shí)上并未停止），政府官員稱，在任者將在下月早期進(jìn)行宣誓就職。

If I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.

假如我再容忍你下去的話，我可能會(huì)一步步退化至成為老婆也未可知。

Qpinion polls suggest that the level of interest many Americans have in the war on terrorism is beginning to dwindle.

民意測(cè)驗(yàn)顯示，很多美國(guó)人對(duì)反恐怖主義戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的關(guān)注程度開始縮小。

Over the next few months, attendance began to dwindle.

接下來的幾個(gè)月，與會(huì)者開始減少。

Over the years therefore the harvest appeared to dwindle in dollar terms, and his debts grew.

因此多年來，以美元計(jì)算，收獲看上去在萎縮，而他的債務(wù)在增長(zhǎng)。

AS PUBLIC protest in Tehran seems to dwindle, at any rate on the streets, many Arab leaders are quietly exhaling a sigh of relief.

隨著在德黑蘭的公眾抗議活動(dòng)，至少是街頭抗議活動(dòng)的逐步減少，許多阿拉伯國(guó)家領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人暗地里都松了一口氣。

The boost from firms rebuilding their inventories after running them down in the recession will dwindle.

在經(jīng)濟(jì)不景氣的時(shí)，企業(yè)重建庫(kù)存的動(dòng)力將會(huì)下降。

Bribery has begun to dwindle since the OECD convention, says Transparency International, a pressure group.

壓力團(tuán)體“透明國(guó)際（TransparencyInternational）”表示，自從締結(jié)“經(jīng)合組織合約”之后，賄賂已經(jīng)開始減少。

When that began to dwindle, so did life in the town, despite investment to regenerate its economy.

當(dāng)鋼鐵產(chǎn)業(yè)衰敗，盡管有資金投入來復(fù)興經(jīng)濟(jì)，小城卻也遭到同樣的命運(yùn)。

"Many firms are importing fewer raw materials, so their exports will dwindle accordingly, " he said.

他還說，許多公司進(jìn)口的原材料少了，出口量也將相應(yīng)縮減。

The chemicals responsible for "that lovin' feeling" (adrenaline, dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine, etc. ) dwindle.

那些負(fù)責(zé)“愛情情感”的化學(xué)物質(zhì)（腎上腺素，多巴胺，去甲腎上腺素，苯基乙胺等）也逐漸減少。

As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.

在先前的漸新世，草地的面積增大，森林的面積減少。

With Duncan's minutes continuing to dwindle, their size doesn't add up to what other contenders can offer.

鄧肯的上場(chǎng)時(shí)間持續(xù)減少，他們的身體都不能夠應(yīng)對(duì)他們的對(duì)手！

The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.

看電影的人數(shù)似乎在逐漸下降。

As farmers brought their crops to the city by bicycle or bus, long food lines began to dwindle and then disappear.

農(nóng)民用自行車或汽車把糧食販賣到城市，排隊(duì)買糧的城里人慢慢減少，最后完全消失。

In this view, as knowledge, wealth, education and democracy spread, the power of religion is bound to dwindle.

按照這種觀點(diǎn)，隨著知識(shí)、財(cái)富、教育和民主的傳播，宗教勢(shì)力必將被削弱。

Like many former industrial cities, Trenton has seen its economic base dwindle dramatically since the end of World War II.

像許多老工業(yè)城市一樣，在二戰(zhàn)末期Trenton被看到他的經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)在明顯的減少。

As oil supplies dwindle, it seems everyone is searching for the next big energy breakthrough.

因?yàn)?/c>石油供應(yīng)的萎縮，似乎每個(gè)人都在尋找未來的能源大突破。

As we watch their numbers dwindle and their forests fall, their legacy becomes as clear as a Gombe stream: As they go, so, one day, may we.

當(dāng)我們眼看他們的數(shù)量縮減，森林消失，他們留下的痕跡將和貢貝的溪流一樣清晰：當(dāng)他們離去，也許，有一天，我們也會(huì)離去。

Over the past few years they have seen their advantage in the state House of Representatives dwindle to a mere two votes, out of 150.

在過去數(shù)年間，共和黨人見證了他們在該州的優(yōu)勢(shì)。眾議院減至僅剩兩票，總票數(shù)為150。

In Idaho people drawing groundwater are being ordered to work with other holders of stream water rights as the streams begin to dwindle.

在愛荷華州，當(dāng)水流量開始減少的時(shí)候，抽取地下水的民眾就必須與其他持有河流所有權(quán)的人進(jìn)行合作了。

Mila and Oa have watched their bank account dwindle down to almost nothing as they plan ahead each year and book their conference space.

在前方每年計(jì)劃并預(yù)訂會(huì)議場(chǎng)地時(shí)，Mila和Oa看著自己的銀行帳戶漸減到幾乎空空如也。

His powers, from lack of use, dwindle to mediocrity, to inferiority, until finally he becomes a mere part of the machine he tends.

他的能力因不用而退化為平庸、卑劣，終將淪為他所操作機(jī)器的一個(gè)零件。

The best outcome would be for overproduction to dwindle gradually.

最好的結(jié)果應(yīng)該是逐漸減少過剩的生產(chǎn)。

America's space agency has reached middle age. Will it now recapture the glory of its youth, or dwindle into decrepitude?

美國(guó)的太空總署已是人到中年。它將重拾昔日榮耀抑或抑郁終老？

The canals will stink ; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up . The reeds and rushes will wither.

江河要變臭；埃及的河水都必減少枯干。葦子和蘆荻都必衰殘；

As Asian elephant herds dwindle, African elephants have become the only source of ivory.

隨著亞洲象群日漸減少，非洲大象成了象牙的唯一來源。

Power cuts and blackouts hit factories and residential neighborhoods in central China as coal supplies dwindle at generating stations.

大多數(shù)供電站的煤炭供應(yīng)減少使中國(guó)中部的工廠及居民用電供電中斷以及停電。

Once forest coverdoesstart increasing, the rate of extinction should dwindle.

一旦森林覆蓋開始增加，滅絕的速度應(yīng)該變小。

Worse is to come. The IIF expects that flows will dwindle to a paltry $165 billion this year.

更為嚴(yán)重的就來了，IIF預(yù)計(jì)今年將降至1650美元。

Walking across the graveyardI hear the city's traffic dwindle to a low hum.

穿過墓地，我聽到城市的喧囂聲逐漸沉寂為一片嗡嗡聲。

Paradoxically, labor's woes likely will enable many firms to beat near-term earnings expectations, as wage costs dwindle or stagnate.

有諷刺意味的是，由于工資成本下降或停滯不前，工人的困境卻可能讓許多公司短期的收益超出預(yù)期。

But as the online holdings of Google Books increases, will delivery request traffic dwindle?

但當(dāng)GoogleBooks在線館藏的日益增加時(shí)，是否會(huì)減少傳遞請(qǐng)求數(shù)量？

This hits Britain hard as North Sea reserves dwindle and the country imports an ever-greater share of its energy.

因?yàn)?/c>北海儲(chǔ)量減少，國(guó)家能源更加依賴進(jìn)口，英國(guó)能源受到了沉重打擊。

We need motivation like we need air to breathe. We need regular motivation to keep us going when our inspiration and enthusiasm dwindle.

我們需要激勵(lì)就像需要呼吸；當(dāng)我們的動(dòng)力和激情減小時(shí)，我們需要不斷地自我激勵(lì)，從而可以使我們不斷地進(jìn)步。

Mass relocations to tower block Housing Development Board (HDB) flats saw the number of kampongs dwindle.

新加坡建屋發(fā)展局（HDB）建設(shè)了大量塔樓式公寓，讓甘榜的居民遷入。

Although the process is expensive, the scientists believe it will become more economically viable as natural oil supplies dwindle.

雖然這種轉(zhuǎn)化很昂貴，科學(xué)家們相信隨著天然燃料供應(yīng)的萎縮，這種燃料在經(jīng)濟(jì)上會(huì)變得可行起來的。

In areas where their counterpart, the red squirrel, is present, they outcompete them, causing red squirrel populations to dwindle.

在有對(duì)手紅松鼠存在的地區(qū)，它們勝過了紅松鼠，導(dǎo)致紅松鼠種群縮小。

The IMF's Mr Tokuoka reckons that as the population ages, savings will dwindle, which could reduce inflows to the government-bond market.

貨幣基金組織的Tokuoka先生認(rèn)為當(dāng)人口老化時(shí)，儲(chǔ)蓄率會(huì)逐漸下降，流入政府債券市場(chǎng)的資金也會(huì)減少。

Your social invitations will dwindle and your circle of friends will undoubtedly shrink.

你接到的社交類邀請(qǐng)就會(huì)減少，朋友圈也會(huì)越來越小。