dwindling
美 [?dw?nd(?)l] 
英 ['dw?nd(?)l]
- v.減少；變瘦；衰落；退化
- 網絡縮小；下降；逐漸減少的
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：dwindles 現在分詞：dwindling 過去式：dwindled 反義詞
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例句
But the half-life of market domination seems to be dwindling.
但是似乎這些公司的壟斷半衰期一直在縮短。
Gbagbo's popular support may be dwindling as he cracks down on the population in his bid to cling to power.
巴博總統的民眾支持可能會減少，因為他對人民的鎮壓，他為了攫取權力。
They think food and energy prices can only rise for so long in a weak economy before dwindling demand for stuff cuts off the rise in prices.
他們認為，在物品需求削減從而抑制物價上漲前，食品和能源的價格將在經濟疲軟的美國繼續上升。
Being led to believe that old age is a nothing but a burden to others does not make the "dwindling" period any easier.
即便你去相信，人老后只是他人的累贅，“老化”的階段也不會變得容易。
And the Wall Street Journal said, the company is taking the advantage of Google's dwindling business in China to enlarge its shares.
美國《華爾街日報》稱，百度正利用谷歌在華業務的萎縮趁機做大。
Support for a compromise, or at least for the fudge embodied by the continuing resolutions, is dwindling.
對妥協，至少是繼續決議體現的敷衍方法的支持正在減少。
Only a dwindling minority are prepared to do this, and then only if China eventually agrees to similar legally binding emissions targets.
只有少數國家愿意這么做，而且即使是這些國家也提出，這必須以中國最終接受有法律約束力的類似減排目標為前提。
Without rain, the land began to turn to the desert that we know today, leaving people and animals to seek ever-dwindling sources of water.
沒有了雨水，土地開始沙化，逐漸演變成我們今天所熟悉的大沙漠，迫使人類與動物背井離鄉，到處尋找日益減少的水源。
And it is all the direct result of the G8's dwindling importance in the global economy.
這也正全是G8在全球經濟中的重要性日漸下降的直接結果。
Thousands of civilians are trapped, with dwindling supplies of clean water and food. Hundreds are alleged to have been killed or maimed.
本次行動還導致了上千名缺乏清潔水源及食物的平民被困住，據稱還有上百名平民死亡或傷殘。
One could see in the roll of his eyes just how he had glanced covertly over the dwindling pile of chips at his step-father's party.
人們從他的亂轉的眼珠里能看出他怎樣貪夢地盯著他繼父那逐漸減少的籌碼。
Although he led the race for most of the summer, his support now seems to be dwindling.
雖然他在夏季的大多數時間在競選中領先，但對他的支持現在似乎在逐漸減少。
FOR the dwindling number of souls who cling to a vision of a single, global financial exchange, this week must have given pause for thought.
隨著孤芳自賞的全球金融交易所日漸稀少，那些證交所的領軍者們是否該在本周暫停下擴張的步伐，好好思考一番呢？
Rogers knew that he had to move from the side of the bus, where the full force of the current was sapping his dwindling energy.
羅杰斯明白他不得不從汽車的一側移開，因為洪水的巨大沖刷力正消耗著他本來就在削弱的力氣。
Phil McCabe from the Forum of Private Business said: 'The value of a degree is dwindling. '
來自私人企業論壇的菲爾?麥凱布說：“學歷的價值正在縮水。”
The foundation said its research confirmed years of anecdotal reports of dwindling populations along the east coast.
基金會說，它的調查證實了多年來有關東海岸沿線考拉減少的傳聞報道。
Personal wealth is dwindling in the U. S. , and the effects of the financial meltdown have been felt around the world.
個人財富在美國正在縮水，金融倒坍的影響在全世界都能感受到。
Given that North Sea production has been dwindling for a decade, why has it taken so long for more storage to be built?
鑒于北海產量近十年來一直在下降，為什么還不盡早建立更多的儲備呢？
Given a rapidly growing world car population and dwindling oil supplies, fuel prices are bound to rise in the long term.
考慮到世界汽車數量的快速增長以及石油供應的萎縮，長期來看燃料價格肯定會上漲。
As the international financial crisis is still unfolding, resources for international development cooperation are dwindling.
國際金融危機仍在持續，國際發展合作資源也因此在減少。
The party membership has been dwindling down in the last few month.
最近幾個月該黨黨員人數已逐漸減少了。
The planes were dwindling in the distance.
飛機在遠處越來越小。
The party membership has been dwindling down in the last few month.
最近幾個月該黨黨員人數已逐漸減少了。
There is no way out for these unflagging little creatures; only the dwindling of their batteries can provide rest.
這些努力不歇的小生物沒有出路，只有當電池耗盡了才能休息。
It would not normally benefit from the dwindling of China's reserves of labour any more than from the drying up of Saudi wells.
但中國勞工儲備的日益減少并不會使其受益，這和逐漸干涸的沙特油井造成油價上漲不一樣。
Secondly, a dwindling band of workers will have to support rising social-security payments, as the number of retired people grows.
第二，隨著退休人數的增加，數量逐漸減少的工人將不得不支撐起日益昂貴的社會保障費用。
With her cash supply dwindling fast, she had no other resources.
用她的現金供應快速地減少，她沒有其它資源。
This has provoked more tension as the southern tribes begin to compete for a dwindling pot of money.
此時，南方部落之間為分享逐漸減少的一點錢而開始的爭奪引發了更緊張的局勢。
But since the number of Republicans is dwindling, that still leaves Mr Obama with a healthy level of support.
但由于共和黨人數的減少，奧巴馬先生的支持率依然保持在了一個良好的水平上。
Fear and fatigue partly account for the dwindling number of demonstrators, but so does confusion over the protesters' aims and capacity.
恐懼和疲勞只是導致示威者數量縮減的部分原因，抗議目的不明和抗議者能力參差不齊同樣是造成人數減少的原因。
In areas lucky enough to have a little green, armed herders are violently competing for dwindling resources.
在那些很幸運而有點綠色的地方，武裝的牧民們爭搶逐漸減少的資源。
the collapse in oil prices, plus rapidly dwindling Syrian production of the stuff, confronts Mr Assad with a fast-approaching budget crisis.
在油價上的沖突，加上敘利亞原材料產量的迅速下降，遭遇MrAssad很緊的預算危機。
Now the couple is mulling the next move in light of dwindling alternatives and resources.
面對正在縮小的可選做法和資源現在這對夫婦正在思忖下一步怎么走。
For more than a year, the settlers hung on, their numbers and stores dwindling.
移民們被困在彭薩科拉有一年多，他們的人數和物資也不斷減少。
Official incompetence and corruption have caused the proceeds of the country's dwindling oil reserves and water resources to be squandered.
政府無能與貪污腐敗讓這個國家的石油儲備大幅減少，水資源也被大量揮霍。
Around the world, dwindling water supplies and deteriorating water quality are driving innovations in water treatment technologies.
在全世界范圍內，不斷減少的水資源和惡化的水質正在驅動著水處理技術的創新。
With dwindling oxygen levels, marine animals were unable to survive, wiping out large chunks of their population.
隨著氧氣濃度降低，海洋動物無法生存，因而大量動物滅絕。
The admirable action to save Benghazi may, in the long term, expose dwindling defence budgets.
從長期來看，歐洲拯救班加西的可敬行動或許會曝光歐洲防務預算的日益減少。
Some of these can be purchased locally, but international donations are also needed in order to restock rapidly dwindling supplies.
其中的一些物品可在當地購買，但是也需要國際捐助以便迅速儲備日益減少的供應品。
The adoption of the euro by such new members as Slovenia, Slovakia and now Estonia was a reminder of their dwindling influence.
要提醒的是，那些新成員國如斯洛文尼亞，斯洛伐克以及現在的愛沙尼亞接納了歐元后，現在他們的影響力正在被削弱。
By the financial crisis, international and domestic economy have been dwindling, China logistics industry has also suffered damage.
受金融危機影響，國際國內經濟陷入低迷，我國物流業也遭受重創。
Even without a disruption to supply, prices are under pressure from a second source: the gradual dwindling of spare capacity.
即使供給沒有中斷，石油的價格還是承受著一下問題的壓力：持續減少的多余儲量。
