| 词汇 | dwindling |
| 释义 | dwindling adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈdwɪn.dəl.ɪŋ/ us /ˈdwɪn.dəl.ɪŋ/ gradually becoming smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number: 缩减的|逐渐减少的 She is one of a dwindling number of people who was alive in 1918.她是经历了一九一八年那个时代（第一次世界大战），存活于世的越来越少的那群人之一。 In Baltimore the city's dwindling population guarantees the loss of at least one state Senate seat.在巴尔的摩，逐渐减少的城市人口必然导致至少一个参议院席位的丢失。 We are dealing with dwindling resources and aging buildings.我们正在处理资源缩减和建筑老化（的问题）。 See dwindle The National Marine Fisheries Service says the dwindling populations of sharks cannot recover without further quota reductions. The arts have been among the sectors hardest hit by government cutbacks and dwindling private resources. He is concerned about dwindling supplies of fresh water. Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindle ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away halve reduce reducible reduction resize retreat trough tumble |
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