dwindle

简单释义：

v.变小

网络缩小；减少；逐渐减少

变形：

过去分词：dwindled  现在分词：dwindling  第三人称单数：dwindles  

完整释义：

v.

1.减少,缩小,越来越小;下降
2.减少,变小,缩小;变瘦
3.衰落;变坏,退化
4.减小
5.淡,日疏,黯然失色,大为退色
6.失去意义

例句：

1. 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话，我可能会一步步退化至成为老婆也未可知。

2. In this view, as knowledge, wealth, education and democracy spread, the power of religion is bound to dwindle.
   按照这种观点，随着知识、财富、教育和民主的传播，宗教势力必将被削弱。

3. As Asian elephant herds dwindle, African elephants have become the only source of ivory.
   随着亚洲象群日渐减少，非洲大象成了象牙的唯一来源。

4. The boost from firms rebuilding their inventories after running them down in the recession will dwindle.
   在经济不景气的时，企业重建库存的动力将会下降。

5. The chemicals responsible for "that lovin' feeling" (adrenaline, dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine, etc. ) dwindle.
   那些负责“爱情情感”的化学物质（肾上腺素，多巴胺，去甲肾上腺素，苯基乙胺等）也逐渐减少。

6. When that began to dwindle, so did life in the town, despite investment to regenerate its economy.
   当钢铁产业衰败，尽管有资金投入来复兴经济，小城却也遭到同样的命运。

7. Qpinion polls suggest that the level of interest many Americans have in the war on terrorism is beginning to dwindle.
   民意测验显示，很多美国人对反恐怖主义战争的关注程度开始缩小。

8. "Many firms are importing fewer raw materials, so their exports will dwindle accordingly, " he said.
   他还说，许多公司进口的原材料少了，出口量也将相应缩减。

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