dwindle是什么意思

双语例句

(1)As the habitats dwindle, the number of many animals is also decreasing.

随着栖息地的减少，许多动物数量也在减少。

(2)Capital inflows to China may dwindle.

流入中国的资本可能会减少。

(3)Relief funds are dwindling but the refugees keep pouring in.

救济资金正在减少，但难民仍在源源不断地涌入。

(4)Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.

支持这个党派的人渐渐减少

(5)The windfall will eventually dwindle.

暴利税最终将下降。

(6)This windfall will eventually dwindle.

此类侥幸所得终将减少。

(7)Basically, everything began to dwindle.

基本上一切都开始褪色。

(8)As the rivers dwindle, the conflicts could spread.

河流在减少，冲突却在扩大。

(9)In several countries taxes will rise and public services will dwindle.

好几个国家打算加税并削减公共服务开支。

同义词

vi. 减少；变小

vt. 使缩小，使减少

单词辨析

减少；变少

(1)diminish 侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小，强调减小的部分。

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

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

(4)decrease 指逐渐地、不断地减少。

(5)reduce 普通用词，含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。

释义

v.

diminish gradually in size, amount , or strength

（在尺寸、数量或力量上）逐渐变小，缩小；减少；减弱，衰退

traffic has dwindled to a trickle

来往车辆已少得变成了涓涓细流

[as adj. dwindling]dwindling resources.

逐渐减少的资源。

词源

"late 16th cent.: frequentative of Scots and dialect dwine ‘fade away', from Old English dwīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwīnen and Old Norse dvína."