dwindle

1 They discussed the effect of dwindling wetlands on ducks and geese.

他们讨论过沼泽地带缩小封鸭和鹅的影响.

2 Gradually, our numbers begin to dwindle, and it’s just me and Uriah and Drew.

3 On shorter routes, their advantages dwindle: they can neither transform a region nor replicate the advantages of wider networks.

在较短途的线路，高铁优势减弱：它们既不能改变一个地区，也不能复制更广泛网络的优势。

4 After the Rupture, her people—the Gedes—had been dwindled down by war and poverty, easy to divide and regulate.

5 “His wife is ill, and he has closed his shop. My business dwindles daily. I have already lost one of my lads, gone with his family to Wilmington.”

6 The uproar had dwindled to silence.

7 Farther up, the Bronx and Queens dwindled into the northern suburbs.

8 And so, just when we think that resources are dwindling.

当我们以为某种资源日益减少的时候.

9 But the Chinese government a dwindling percentage of new American mortgages and government borrowing.

但中国政府正在减少新的美国次级债和国债的购买比例.

10 My savings have dwindled.

我的积蓄减少了.

11 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.

12 The windfall will eventually dwindle.

暴利税最终将下降。

13 There is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.

没有什么比一个家族的衰落更让人伤感的了.

14 Framed in the frosted glass panel, the squat outline waits, dwindles, and then disappears.

15 As my year in the tenth grade at Big Creek dwindled to days, Mr. Turner held one of his few command performances in the school auditorium.

16 As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.

在先前的渐新世，草地的面积增大，森林的面积减少。

17 Jimmy Carter, who extended his record as the longest-living U.S. president with his 99th birthday in 2023, is part of a dwindling number of living former U.S. presidents.

18 The reserves of grain I had put by began to dwindle despite my care.

19 The tree itself was shrinking, growing smaller with each vision, whilst the lesser trees dwindled into saplings and vanished, only to be replaced by other trees that would dwindle and vanish in their turn.

20 As the auction progressed, and Mr. Clutter’s worldly domain dwindled, gradually vanished, Paul Helm, remembering the burial of the murdered family, said, “It’s like a second funeral.”

1 衰退

failure recession decay sag atrophy degeneracy declension involution retrogression fail flag rust ebb retrogress degenerative degenerate retrograde labefaction decline depression slump downturn wane degeneration moulder go disintegrate wither droop at a low ebb declining impotent obsolescent netherward downward downwards lag regression obsolescence declination downbeat turndown retrogradation fall fade erode languish molder reduce depress damp off

2 堕落

degenerate mess lost corrupt vicious fallen prostitute rotten filthy vile degenerative perverse polluted degraded depraved putrid ramshackle degrading reprobate dissolute godforsaken low-down debauched graceless corruptive scrofulous astray fall soil decline ruin pollution corruption degradation lapse falling degeneration deformity taint filth wallow perversion decadence depravity declination backslide degeneracy derogation declension turpitude putrefaction vitiation pravity sink rot degrade deteriorate perish recoil stoop retrograde condescend derogate bastardize Neronize pollute deprave vitiate go to the devil go backward go to the mischief go to the bad

3 变瘦

thin rack

4 低落

down decline fall-off derogation comedown downslide drop away

5 逐渐减弱

dwindling recede

6 逐渐减少

declining decreasing diminishing decreasingly tail-off dwindling step-down taper de-escalate melt drop away

7 退化

obsolete degenerative degenerate retrograde vestigial downgrade degeneration atrophy devolution fall-off retrogression moulder retrogress bastardize degrade go downhill anaplastic dystrophic regression degradation deterioration regress degeneracy involution retrogradation abort reduce

8 减少

cut decrease diminution curtailment let-up cut-back minus reduce drop lower chill diminish lessen curtail ebb abate let up take away from fall depression erosion drop-off dilution rundown fallback abatement pullback downshift fall-off decrement fallaway lose save decline ease drain Trim dip shrink shorten slack dilute subtract axe deplete remit wane attenuate cannibalize retrench run low fallen reductive loss modification contraction dockage falloff decay Peter qualify slash alleviate rebate deflate pare allay extenuate bate take from pare down dull the edge of wind-down cutback shed chop shave de-escalate smooth thin narrow relax cut into fall off fall away depleted shrunken reduction squeeze moderation depletion slippage falling-off clip trim counteract depress foreshorten ease off whittle down go down cut back drop off cut down step down ease up draw down slim down low down remission sink buffer lighten sag lop off whittle away drop away bring down fall back shave off make a dent in scale down downturn slowdown attrition downswing slow slide slice erode shrivel slack off roll back subtractive peaked waney off shrinkage attenuation letdown peak ramp dull languish whittle downhold down-point limit shake relieve impair soothe dampen slacken emaciate minish falling off lapse drawdown knockdown step-down letup take descend deduct recede fritter break alloy whack scant gear down bring low cut down on

9 减弱

fall let-up decline decrease moderate poison weaken slack mute subside dampen remit wane lull abate attenuate relent deaden diminuendo

10 缩小

wizened contraction diminution contract diminish reduce scale Bridge retreat chop shorten lessen cameo loss shrink Peter narrow razee in little belittle de-escalate fine lower detract calcine cut-down reduction shrinkage close pare cut down cut down on shave off cut down to scale down foreshortened condense scale back miniature imperfect contracted peaked peak neck recede deescalate minify minish decrease sag cutback retrenchment abridgment cutdown fritter demagnify curtail abridge retrench

11 减小

reduction depletion reduce diminish damp down die down

12 递减

step-down degressive degressively decreasingly degression

13 逐渐变小

fine taper

14 降低

fall cut decrease reduction slippage diminution falling-off reduce drop decline lower drain sink compromise diminish alloy lessen degrade depress attenuate go down come down bring down put down fall off step down

15 使减少

shrink attenuate bring low

16 衰落

downward down eclipse slump downturn downswing comedown set decline sink decay falter effete fall descent downhill downgrade dissolution downfall drop-off ebb rot waney downbeat downcome wane depauperate falling off

17 变小

close sink lessen trim down wear down on the wane shrink micrify

18 变坏

degenerative pejorative slip spoil recede pervert scowl curdle bastardize lour turn debase

19 使缩小

minify