dwindle

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📖 中文释义

  1. vi. 减少, 缩小, 衰落
  2. vt. 使缩小

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

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

💬 双语例句

  1. Economic rot sets in as the ranks of dependent citizens grow, productive citizens dwindle in number, and society eventually runs out of other people’s money.

  2. We are clearly harmed if fish stocks dwindle to extinction. Less evidently, there are plants in the rain forest whose gene pool might be useful to us.

    生物多样性是人类康乐和经济增长的关键因素。 如果鱼类资源减少到灭绝边缘,对我们明显不利。 不那么明显的是,热带雨林中有一些植物的基因库可能对我们有用。

  3. In addition, net foreign capital inflows are likely to dwindle for several quarters at least, affecting domestic monetary conditions while aggregate demand is weak. As such, the PBoC will need to maintain counter-cyclical policies in order to avoid a deflationary spiral.

    此外,净外国资本流入至少将在未来几个季度内有所减少,在总需求不足之时,这将影响国内货币条件。 因此中国人民银行将必须维持反周期政策,以避免通缩螺旋。

🔗 常用搭配

dwindle in numberlikely to dwindle
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. v. become smaller or lose substance