dwindling / ˈdwɪn dl /

逐渐减少逐渐减少的越来越少越来越少的

dwindling2 个定义

v. 无主动词 verb

dwin·dled, dwin·dling.

  1. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
  2. to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.
v. 有主动词 verb

dwin·dled, dwin·dling.

  1. to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition.

dwindling 近义词

v. 动词 verb

waste away; taper off

更多dwindling例句

  1. In part, that’s due to a “recognition of dwindling trust in other establishment bodies,” Cookson said.
  2. Letting a species or variety dwindle to just a few individuals is a conservation nightmare.
  3. So, once Rouches gets it up the winding highway, she usually stays for a while—or at least until the storm cycle dwindles.
  4. The value of a Jiko account isn’t the potential for high yields—a dwindling fintech battleground amid the Fed’s slashing of interest rates—but the peace of mind in knowing one’s funds are secured with government debt.
  5. Still, others argue that preserving snow days is the least schools can do to keep at least one of the dwindling number of school-year rituals intact.
  6. After two decades of dwindling influence, NATO is refreshed and energized by the growing threat on its eastern flank.
  7. In Wild Ones, you talk about the dwindling numbers of several species.
  8. They can exacerbate splits within a ruling leadership, foment popular unrest, or expedite a dwindling current account.
  9. Think thirtysomething single women are the only ones stressed about their dwindling options for marriage and kids?
  10. The yakuza are dwindling from public view: it will be a long time before they are really gone---if ever.
  11. The winged species would have ruled over the world, instead of dwindling away in impossibility of development.
  12. Their fighting force was steadily dwindling and now their ammunition was running out.
  13. The dwindling crowd on shore waved and shouted, and I went off alone and directly rubbed against some fresh white paint.
  14. The bolt piles grew; they were hurled swiftly down the chute into the dwindling river, rafted to the mill.
  15. How was he to pay up the liabilities of his bank shares from his dwindling practice?