shrinking
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英 [?r??k??] 
- v.收縮;減少;退縮;畏縮
- n.精神病學(xué)家;心理學(xué)家
- 網(wǎng)絡(luò)皺縮;縮短;縮小的
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [i][t] ~ (sth) (使)縮水,收縮,縮小,皺縮to become smaller, especially when washed in water that is too hot; to make clothes, cloth, etc. smaller in this way |
| My sweater shrank in the wash. 我的毛衣縮水了。 |
2. | [i][t] (使)縮小,收縮,減少to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount |
| The tumour had shrunk to the size of a pea. 腫瘤已縮小到豌豆大小。 |
| The market for their products is shrinking. 市場對他們產(chǎn)品的需求在減少。 |
| There was a movie called ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’. 有部電影名叫《親愛的,我把孩子縮小了》。 |
| Television in a sense has shrunk the world. 從某種意義上說,電視把世界縮小了。 |
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 退縮;畏縮to move back or away from sth because you are frightened or shocked |
| He shrank back against the wall as he heard them approaching. 聽見他們朝這邊來,他退到墻根。 |
1. | 精神病學(xué)家;心理學(xué)家a psychiatrist or psychologist |
習(xí)慣用語
a shrinking violet
(指羞怯的人)a way of describing a very shy person
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
As an expected increase in the cost of raw materials looms for late summer, consumers are beginning to encounter shrinking food packages.
從去年夏天以來,由于原料成本意料之中的上升,消費者們開始買到包裝縮水的食品。
But Serbia has one of the oldest populations in Europe and a low fertility rate, so the population is shrinking by 30, 000 a year.
但是塞爾維亞有著歐洲老年人口最多和低出生率,所以人口每年縮小3萬人。
Losses on the toxic loans LBG inherited in that deal have been shrinking at a much faster rate of late than the bank had anticipated.
在比銀行預(yù)期下降更快的最近的利率下,獲得一些不良的資產(chǎn),這才是虧損的原因所在。
The only optimum design scheme was the combination form of full breadth weir and downside the shrinking weir.
通過分析比較,確定上部全幅堰與下部側(cè)收縮堰相結(jié)合的方式是廢水測流堰槽的最佳設(shè)計方案。
Antarctic sea ice, for instance, does not seem to be shrinking, probably because increased melting is balanced by more snow.
例如,南極洲洋面上的冰似乎沒有減少,可能是由于加速融化與降雪增多之間達成了平衡。
The 'bulge' at the Equator had been shrinking by less than a millimetre a year, according to National Geographic.
美國國家地理學(xué)會的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,赤道每年都在以不到一毫米的速度“萎縮”。
But with all the turmoil in the economy, the product almost certainly would be shrinking if it were not restricted to cash transactions.
但是,鑒于經(jīng)濟目前的混亂局面,如果GDP的核算范圍不局限于現(xiàn)金交易的話,幾乎可以肯定地說,國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值正在萎縮之中。
He said the number of tanker vehicles hauling fuel has dropped on a shrinking demand for petroleum.
他說,隨著石油需求不斷下滑,運輸燃油的油罐車數(shù)量減少。
And, in a time of shrinking budgets, turf battles between the fusion centers and federal law enforcement are a certainty.
并且,在預(yù)算收縮的時期,必須掩蓋聯(lián)合中心與聯(lián)邦執(zhí)法部門之間爭奪資金的斗爭。
The consequences of that would be all the more threatening against a background of already shrinking output and trade flows.
在產(chǎn)出和貿(mào)易流已在收縮的背景下,那樣的后果威脅性只會更大。
As for next year's trend of exports, not to be grim To open up emerging markets may be ripe to make up for shrinking market impact.
至于明年的出口走勢,亦未許樂觀,開拓新興市場則可彌補成熟市場萎縮帶來的影響。
"It sounded As if you were praying, " she said bravely, but she felt herself inside to be withering and shrinking.
“聽起來你好像在作禱告呢,”她鼓起勇氣說,心經(jīng)卻不禁世了氣,感到難受。
All this could reduce productivity growth at a time when labour forces in these countries will be growing more slowly or even shrinking.
當(dāng)這些國家的勞動力增速進一步放緩甚至出現(xiàn)負(fù)增長的時候,以上這些因素將會成為生產(chǎn)力發(fā)展的桎梏。
Mr Schwarzenegger wanted to eliminate entire programmes wholesale, but now appears ready to settle for shrinking them.
施瓦辛格原本想取消整個醫(yī)療保障計劃,但目前打算縮小范圍。
The newest satellite techniques and field observations allow us to see that the volume of ice is shrinking much faster than its area today.
最新的衛(wèi)星技術(shù)和實地觀察讓我們看到,現(xiàn)在冰體積萎縮速度遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過其面積。
But one must be blind in order not to see that oceans no longer belong to the West, while land under its domination keeps shrinking.
只有瞎了的人才不會看見那些海洋已經(jīng)不屬于西方,而受西方支配的土地正在縮水。
He said the government needed to seek solutions for swelling urban populations and shrinking resources.
他說,政府必須找到可行的辦法來解決城市人口不斷增加和資源不斷減少的問題。
Sometimes he made an effort, coaxing her to walk with baby steps to exercise her shrinking muscles.
有時他設(shè)法哄勸她像小孩學(xué)步一樣走路,這樣可以鍛煉她萎縮的肌肉。
Mr Obama says that he refuses to leave seniors "at the mercy of the insurance industry, with a shrinking benefit to pay for rising costs" .
奧巴馬先生說,他決不讓老年人們“任憑保險公司擺布,要支付的醫(yī)療費在增長,而保險金卻在縮水”。
Record migration into a fast-shrinking job market have been a charged issue in recent years.
創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄數(shù)量的移民涌入一個快速收縮的就業(yè)市場,近年來一直是一個引發(fā)爭議的問題。
In Europe, with its increasing numbers of elderly and a shrinking labour force, every notch upwards in unemployment spells further misery.
在歐洲,隨著老年人數(shù)量的上升和勞動力人口的下滑,失業(yè)率每上升一點都意味著更多不幸。
Let me go to bed, then, ' answered the boy, shrinking from Catherine's salute; and he put his fingers to his eyes to remove incipient tears.
“那就讓我上床睡覺,”那個男孩子回答,避開凱瑟琳的招呼,退縮著;又用他的手指抹掉開始流出的眼淚。
But a victory over Sony and Microsoft in a shrinking market, he says, would not be a victory at all.
但在一個萎縮的市場上取得超越SONY和微軟的勝利并非是根本的勝利。
If your annual loss was shrinking year after year, then you would be probably be able to come out of it, like Amazon did.
如果您的年度虧損逐年萎縮,那么你可能會像亞馬遜能夠走出有這樣做。
Japanese manufacturers had been focused on cutting production and exports as inventories piled up in response to shrinking demand.
由于需求不斷萎縮,庫存大量積壓,日本制造商一直把重點放在減少產(chǎn)量和出口上。
That the world remains so dollar-centric, given America's shrinking share of world output, is something of an anomaly.
如今美國在全球經(jīng)濟的份額越來越少,但美元還占著這樣中心的地位,這是不正常的。
He seemed to have no idea of shrinking from it, and set forward at last most punctually with his eldest daughter in his own carriage .
他們似乎沒有畏縮的意思。他同他的大小姐共坐一輛馬車終于按時出發(fā)了。
Science has developed no cure for envy, so our wealth boosts our happiness only briefly while shrinking that of our neighbors.
科學(xué)也尚未研制出治療嫉妒,因此我們的財富讓我們幸福的時候,我們只有片刻我們的鄰居。
Since the money supply would be shrinking fast, as euro deposits fled the country, this sort of paper would be accepted readily.
隨著歐元存款流向國外,貨幣供應(yīng)將會迅速萎縮,這種紙幣將很容易被接受。
Think of the effect that this will have on the already shrinking economies of your world.
想想這種影響,這將發(fā)生在你們世界已經(jīng)收縮的經(jīng)濟上。
Just then, everybody's looking at this couple with hateful eyes and the couple's going like this, you know, shrinking.
正在那時,每人都帶著不滿瞪著這對年輕人這對年輕人就像這樣,蜷縮在一起。
The problem is not lack of desire to spend, but lack of money: Household disposable income has been shrinking as a share of GDP.
問題不在于人們不想花錢,而是缺錢:家庭可支配收入占GDP的比例一直在縮水。
Faced with shrinking budgets, he wanted something that could be achieved quickly without getting bogged down in red tape.
面對捉襟見肘的預(yù)算,他想做些見效快而又不會受官場繁文縟節(jié)羈絆的東西。
It is now shrinking, but its remnants must be dragged into the light, with over-the-counter derivatives pushed onto central clearinghouses.
現(xiàn)在它萎縮了,但是其殘余勢力通過將柜臺衍生產(chǎn)品進入中央票據(jù)交換所這一過程必將被公之于眾。
Credit-card lending is still shrinking, though much more slowly than a year ago.
信用卡貸款仍在萎縮,雖然較一年前放緩了許多。
With all her love of knowledge she had a natural shrinking from raising curtains and looking into unlighted corners.
盡管她喜歡了解一切,但對揭開隱私,看到陰暗的角落時,她天生懷有畏懼心理。
As she looked the image of a growing family seemed to slowly recede to reveal the image of a shrinking woman.
她注視著這些照片……成長中孩子們的圖像漸漸退去,變成一個漸漸萎縮的老太婆。
The role of the intellectual may be shrinking into that of the micro-blogger or street organizer.
知識分子的地位可能被縮小到像是一個微博作家或是街頭組織者。
But a new market opened up and dominated by Apple is better than a shrinking market, or no market at all.
但是,蘋果開啟并主導(dǎo)一個新市場要好過市場萎縮,或根本無市場可言。
Dell, meanwhile, is trying to rebound from shrinking market share in PCs and tightening profit margins.
與此同時,戴爾正試圖走出萎縮的PC市場份額和利潤空間的局限。