shrivelling

美 [??r?v(?)l] 　英

• v.(使)皺縮；(使)干癟；(使)枯萎；(使)無(wú)能為力

詞形變化

過(guò)去式：shrivelled  過(guò)去式：shriveled  現(xiàn)在分詞：shrivelling  現(xiàn)在分詞：shriveling  第三人稱單數(shù)：shrivels  

英漢解釋

v.	1. (使)皺縮;(使)干癟;(使)枯萎;(使)無(wú)能為力,(使)失效

英英解釋

v.	1. if something such as a plant shrivels or shrivels up, it becomes smaller and thinner than usual and it does not look fresh and healthy; to make something smaller and thinner than usual 2. to become weaker or smaller in amount; to make something weaker or smaller in amount

例句

The polls do not reveal how much of the president's shrivelling approval is caused by rising petrol prices.

這幾次民調(diào)并不能表明奧巴馬總統(tǒng)支持率的下跌是由油價(jià)上升引起的。

Critics suggest that this shrivelling of the supply chain leaves consumers vulnerable to bad luck or bad behaviour.

有批評(píng)稱這樣的供應(yīng)鏈萎縮會(huì)造成消費(fèi)者的壞運(yùn)氣或不良行為傾向。

Shrivelling access to capital threatens further development, and manufacturers have been hit hard over the past year.

資本準(zhǔn)入的緊縮阻礙了進(jìn)一步發(fā)展，制造業(yè)在過(guò)去一年里也受到了沉重打擊。

Now secularism is shrivelling some churches, especially mainstream Protestant ones.

目前，世俗主義泛濫教會(huì)，特別是主流的新教教會(huì)。

In continental Europe's biggest economies, the consequences for jobs of shrivelling output are only just becoming visible.

歐洲大陸的幾個(gè)最大經(jīng)濟(jì)體，因產(chǎn)出萎縮對(duì)就業(yè)造成的影響才初露端倪。

For the poorest, the new donors are more important because Western aid is shrivelling.

對(duì)于最貧窮的國(guó)家來(lái)說(shuō)，新的捐助者很重要，因?yàn)?/c>西方提供的援助金額正逐漸減少。

AFTER 18 months of sunny skies and scorching heat, crops are shrivelling, lawns are crisping and lakes are drying up.

經(jīng)受18個(gè)月的艷陽(yáng)高照和酷熱之苦后，農(nóng)作物慢慢在枯萎，草坪緩緩在卷曲和湖泊也漸漸在干涸。

Good thing there are still things that never go away, such as the ever-expanding waistline and the progressively shrivelling face.

幸虧還有些東西是溜不走的，比如日益圓渾的腰肢和逐漸粗糙的笑臉。

Besides, they are registered in "layers" , to avoid the food shrivelling before the picture is taken.

此外在照這些圖片之前這些照片被層層注記以避免食物乾枯掉。