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单词 dwindle
释义
dwindle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈdwɪn.dəl/us
/ˈdwɪn.dəl/
tobecomesmallerinsizeoramount, or fewer innumber:
减小；降低；减少
Thecommunityhas dwindledtoa tenth ofitsformersizein the last twoyears.该社区在过去的两年里缩小到了原来的1/10。
Herhopesofsuccessin theracedwindled lastnightas theweatherbecameworse.随着昨晚天气的恶化，她在比赛中获胜的希望减小了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to become smaller or less
  • decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
  • lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
  • lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join.
  • reduceThey've just reduced the price.
  • bring downThey are bringing down their prices.
  • dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making smaller or less
  • abridgment
  • attenuate
  • attenuated
  • attenuating
  • attenuation
  • boil
  • damp
  • falling-off
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • go through the flooridiom
  • haircut
  • lessen
  • runsomeone/somethingdown
  • rundown
  • sag
  • salami slicing
  • scalesomethingdown
  • shave
  • telescope
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dwindling
(Definition ofdwindlefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

dwindle| American Dictionary

dwindle
verb[I]
us
/ˈdwɪn·dəl/
tobecomeless innumberorsmaller:
Thecommunityhad dwindled to a tenth ofitsformersize.
(Definition ofdwindlefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

dwindle| Business English

dwindle
verb[I]
uk
/ˈdwɪndl/us
tograduallybecomeless,smaller, orlowerinlevel:
dwindle from sth to sthThe municipality'spopulationhas dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000.
dwindlingfunds/resources/stocks
Companies are havingrecruitmentdifficultiesas theybattleit out fora dwindlingnumberofskilledstaff.
(Definition ofdwindlefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdwindle

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However, the population dwindled and, in 1952, the quota was reduced.
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Analysis of the data shows their proportions dwindling steadily.
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But institutional pressures ensured that on widowhood such opportunities dwindled, and there was every incentive to remarry.
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The fund contributors has dwindled to 200 from 575 a decade ago.
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It is also a social crisis, as the spectacle of dwindling and impoverished health, educational, welfare and other social services attest.
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Immigration at other ports dwindled, and, for expediency, immigrant medical inspection was increasingly conducted as part of the quarantine exam.
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Pathetically invoking some common good, the liberal parties dwindled through the 1920s.
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Groups that continued to reside near the lake shore turned to more marginal local resources as the wet gallery forest dwindled.
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But attendance at the public meetings in this cause soon began todwindle.
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These all "dwindledown to this, and bring their littleness or greatness in fractional portions here" (530).
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Or, even more mysteriously, how could that desire appear strongly for a time, only to slowlydwindleaway, leaving a strange void?
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They are still there but, proportionately speaking, their numbers have dwindled.
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Thus, if the employment rate of those in their early 60s rises, the supply of grandparent childcare may start todwindle.
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The task of historians and the public is to make sure that interest does notdwindle.
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Second, dwindling financial resources from the state force the institution into a more business-like institution.
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