diminishing
adj. 逐漸縮小的
v. (使)減少,縮小( diminish的現在分詞 ); 減弱…的權勢
When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
核戰爭的威脅已經減小了。
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state...
聯邦制旨在削弱中央政府的權力。
If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
He never put her down or diminished her...
他從未奚落或貶低過她。
He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.
他再也無法承受,他依賴我,卻因此覺得是受了輕賤。
1. becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so;
Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources.
由於資源的減少,大學正面臨嚴峻的問題。
The world's resources are rapidly diminishing.
世界資源正在迅速減少。
The unskilled section of the working class was diminishing as a proportion of the workforce.
勞動力中非熟練工人的人數正在減少.
Costs rapidly escalated , and the potential " pay - off " for alloy development was diminishing.
費用增加, 而用於合金發展的 經費 來源卻反而減少.
Diminishing marginal utility also expresses a " variety is the spice of life ".
邊際效用遞減也表現為一種 “ 多樣化是生活樂趣 ”.