dwindle是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

v. 變小

網絡 縮小；減少；逐漸減少

變形：

過去分詞：dwindled  現在分詞：dwindling  第三人稱單數：dwindles  

完整釋義：

v.

1.減少,縮小,越來越小;下降
2.減少,變小,縮小;變瘦
3.衰落;變壞,退化
4.減小
5.淡,日疏,黯然失色,大為退色
6.失去意義

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.
   當我們眼看他們的數量縮減，森林消失，他們留下的痕迹將和貢貝的溪流一樣清晰：當他們離去，也許，有一天，我們也會離去。

2. The chemicals responsible for "that lovin' feeling" (adrenaline, dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine, etc. ) dwindle.
   那些負責“愛情情感”的化學物質（腎上腺素，多巴胺，去甲腎上腺素，苯基乙胺等）也逐漸減少。

3. Qpinion polls suggest that the level of interest many Americans have in the war on terrorism is beginning to dwindle.
   民意測驗顯示，很多美國人對反恐怖主義戰爭的關注程度開始縮小。

4. As farmers brought their crops to the city by bicycle or bus, long food lines began to dwindle and then disappear.
   農民用自行車或汽車把糧食販賣到城市，排隊買糧的城裡人慢慢減少，最後完全消失。

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話，我可能會一步步退化至成為老婆也未可知。

6. America's space agency has reached middle age. Will it now recapture the glory of its youth, or dwindle into decrepitude?
   美國的太空總署已是人到中年。它將重拾昔日榮耀抑或抑鬱終老？

7. "Many firms are importing fewer raw materials, so their exports will dwindle accordingly, " he said.
   他還說，許多公司進口的原材料少了，出口量也將相應縮減。

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.
   隨着在德黑蘭的公眾抗議活動，至少是街頭抗議活動的逐步減少，許多阿拉伯國家領導人暗地裡都鬆了一口氣。