| 词汇 | shrank |
| 释义 | shrank verb uk /ʃræŋk/ us /ʃræŋk/ past simple ofshrink（shrink的过去式） Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making short, sudden movements shrank | American Dictionaryshrank us/ʃræŋk/ past simple of shrink Examples of shrankshrank As increased mobility shrank the country for holidaymakers and thieves, it did the same for prisoners and policemen. However, this effect size shrank to 0.26% four or more months after the intervention ceased. However, as the war turned into a prolonged conflict in the autumn of 1936, the scope for autonomy shrank. Particularly hard hit was the government's tax base, as those activities that provided it with the bulk of its revenues shrank disproportionately. The reorganization dramatically shrank the national security staff and shuffled it to a remote corner of the agency. Within a few years, the economy shrank by 15% and the unemployment rate increased from 3.5 to 19%. Grain reserves shrank when those who ran out of food sought the help of relatives. The range of crimes that were potentially capital shrank drastically and it continues to do so in our time. Over two decades to 1994 the area of permanent forest shrank by half, to a little over one fourth of total area. The military's holdings in the bank shrank from 43 to 25% of assets, while non-military and foreign holdings in the bank increased from 8 to 25%. Alongside the growth in home ownership, the private-rental sector shrank considerably. Thus, because the grain harvest was mechanised even as it shrank substantially after 1880, simply counting reapers will progressively understate the trend away from hand methods, whereas this reflects it. My entire body shrank at the touch. Is he aware that in this case an estate of £150 shrank to £2, after the various fees and expenses had been paid? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we saw, the majority shrank from the nominal 100 or so down to 20. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of shrank These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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