dwindling
adj. 逐渐减少的
v. 逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
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。
Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
出口在缩减,贸易赤字在增长。
1. a becoming gradually less;
1. gradually decreasing until little remains
Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling.
出口在缩减,贸易赤字在增长。
The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling.
地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少.
And yesterday the Zoo's fate was sealed, largely due to two months of ever-dwindling entrance figures.
昨日,伦敦动物园面临着关闭的命运,主要因为两个月来游客数量持续下滑。
He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.
他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。
The chancellor of the Exchequer groaned about our dwindling dollar resources.
财政大臣为我们日益减少的美元储备而叫苦.