dwindle是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

v. 变小

网络 缩小；减少；逐渐减少

变形：

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

完整释义：

v.

1.减少,缩小,越来越小;下降
2.减少,变小,缩小;变瘦
3.衰落;变坏,退化
4.减小
5.淡,日疏,黯然失色,大为退色
6.失去意义

例句：

1. As we watch their numbers dwindle and their forests fall, their legacy becomes as clear as a Gombe stream: As they go, so, one day, may we.
   当我们眼看他们的数量缩减，森林消失，他们留下的痕迹将和贡贝的溪流一样清晰：当他们离去，也许，有一天，我们也会离去。

2. The chemicals responsible for "that lovin' feeling" (adrenaline, dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine, etc. ) dwindle.
   那些负责“爱情情感”的化学物质（肾上腺素，多巴胺，去甲肾上腺素，苯基乙胺等）也逐渐减少。

3. Qpinion polls suggest that the level of interest many Americans have in the war on terrorism is beginning to dwindle.
   民意测验显示，很多美国人对反恐怖主义战争的关注程度开始缩小。

4. As farmers brought their crops to the city by bicycle or bus, long food lines began to dwindle and then disappear.
   农民用自行车或汽车把粮食贩卖到城市，排队买粮的城里人慢慢减少，最后完全消失。

5. If I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees 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。

6. America's space agency has reached middle age. Will it now recapture the glory of its youth, or dwindle into decrepitude?
   美国的太空总署已是人到中年。它将重拾昔日荣耀抑或抑郁终老？

7. "Many firms are importing fewer raw materials, so their exports will dwindle accordingly, " he said.
   他还说，许多公司进口的原材料少了，出口量也将相应缩减。

8. AS PUBLIC protest in Tehran seems to dwindle, at any rate on the streets, many Arab leaders are quietly exhaling a sigh of relief.
   随着在德黑兰的公众抗议活动，至少是街头抗议活动的逐步减少，许多阿拉伯国家领导人暗地里都松了一口气。