英汉词典

dwindle 基本解释

• vi. 减少；变小
• vt. 使缩小，使减少

dwindle 词态变化

dwindle 中文词源

词源同dye, 死亡，消逝。-le, 表反复，逐渐。即减少，逐渐消亡。

dwindle 英文词源

dwindle (v.)

1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of Middle English dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from Old English dwinan, from Proto-Germanic *dwinan (cognates: Dutch dwijnen "to vanish," Old Norse dvina, Danish tvine, Low German dwinen), from PIE *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)). Related: Dwindled; dwindling.

dwindle 英文释义

1. become smaller or lose substance;

"Her savings dwindled down"

dwindle 同义词解析

decrease, diminish, lessen, reduce, dwindle

这些协词的共同含义是"减少，变少"。

decrease： 指逐渐地、不断地减少。

diminish： 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。

lessen： 普通用词，与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。

reduce： 普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。

dwindle： 与decrease同义，指逐渐减小，但强调变得越来越少终至全无。

dwindle 双语例句

1. Yet, as earth's other natural resources dwindle, nations eye the Antarctic as a final repository.

然而, 由于地球上其他自然资源的减少, 一些国家视南极洲为最后的宝库.

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2. The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.

[人都是在原谅自己的那一分钟开始懈怠. ]

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3. Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.

退休人员会使中国的储蓄率开始下降.

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4. The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.

看电影的人数似乎在逐渐下降.

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5. In that day there will be no light ; the luminaries will dwindle.

亚14:6那日、必没有光.三光必退缩.

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dwindle 实用场景例句

dwindling audiences

越来越少的观众

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Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.

支持这个党派的人渐渐化为乌有。

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Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.

俱乐部会员人数已从70减少到20。

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The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...

工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。

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Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...

出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。

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Females become rare, causing fewer young dinosaurs to be born and species to dwindle to extinction.

雌性恐龙变得非常稀少, 导致越来越少幼恐龙的出生,以致这个物种数量日渐稀少,直至灭绝.

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The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.

[人都是在原谅自己的那一分钟开始懈怠. ]

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Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.

退休人员会使中国的储蓄率开始下降.

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The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.

看电影的人数似乎在逐渐下降.

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Bribery has begun to dwindle since the OECD convention, says Transparency International, a pressure group.

压力团体“透明国际(TransparencyInternational)”表示,自从缔结“经合组织合约”之后, 贿赂已经开始减少.

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In that day there will be no light ; the luminaries will dwindle.

亚14:6那日、必没有光.三光必退缩.

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Yet, as earth's other natural resources dwindle, nations eye the Antarctic as a final repository.

然而, 由于地球上其他自然资源的减少, 一些国家视南极洲为最后的宝库.

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His money dwindle away to nothing while traveling in europe.

在游欧期间,他花光了所有的钱.

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If I continues to endure you a little longer, I may dwindle into a wife.

假如我再容忍你下去的话, 我可能会一步步退化至成为老婆也未可知.

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As gym classes dwindle, can kids keep fit?

健身课减少了, 孩子们怎么保持健康?

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" Yes, he has. With every advance, our numbers dwindle. "

“ 不, 他赢了. 他每前进一步, 我们的人数量就减少了. ”

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Allowing one axis of the ellipse to dwindle to zero, the crack limIt'solution is obtained.

将椭圆一轴缩小到零, 得到了裂纹情况的位错象力.

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Women usually had more than men, and the amount tended to dwindle with age.

女人通常比男人的棕色脂肪更多, 棕色脂肪的量随着年龄的增长而呈现减少的趋势.

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Over time electricity will dwindle and cease to be available to be harvested through any means.

经过一段时间,电力将会衰竭,并不再能通过任何方法而获得.

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Your social invitations will 10 dwindle and your circle of friends will undoubtedly shrink.

你接到的社交类邀请就会减少,朋友圈也会越来越小.

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When there is no rain for a long time, water supplies often dwindle.

结合上下文和生活常识可知很长时间不下雨的话, “水供应”时常会减少.

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It is interesting how even the closest of family ties dwindle into habitual friendship.

家人的紧密联系如何衰退成习惯的友谊关系,是一件有趣的事.

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