dwindling
美 [ˈdwɪnd(ə)l] 
英 ['dwɪnd(ə)l]
- v.减少；变瘦；衰落；退化
- 网络缩小；下降；逐渐减少的
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第三人称单数：dwindles 现在分词：dwindling 过去式：dwindled 反义词
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But the half-life of market domination seems to be dwindling.
但是似乎这些公司的垄断半衰期一直在缩短。
Gbagbo's popular support may be dwindling as he cracks down on the population in his bid to cling to power.
巴博总统的民众支持可能会减少，因为他对人民的镇压，他为了攫取权力。
They think food and energy prices can only rise for so long in a weak economy before dwindling demand for stuff cuts off the rise in prices.
他们认为，在物品需求削减从而抑制物价上涨前，食品和能源的价格将在经济疲软的美国继续上升。
Being led to believe that old age is a nothing but a burden to others does not make the "dwindling" period any easier.
即便你去相信，人老后只是他人的累赘，“老化”的阶段也不会变得容易。
And the Wall Street Journal said, the company is taking the advantage of Google's dwindling business in China to enlarge its shares.
美国《华尔街日报》称，百度正利用谷歌在华业务的萎缩趁机做大。
Support for a compromise, or at least for the fudge embodied by the continuing resolutions, is dwindling.
对妥协，至少是继续决议体现的敷衍方法的支持正在减少。
Only a dwindling minority are prepared to do this, and then only if China eventually agrees to similar legally binding emissions targets.
只有少数国家愿意这么做，而且即使是这些国家也提出，这必须以中国最终接受有法律约束力的类似减排目标为前提。
Without rain, the land began to turn to the desert that we know today, leaving people and animals to seek ever-dwindling sources of water.
没有了雨水，土地开始沙化，逐渐演变成我们今天所熟悉的大沙漠，迫使人类与动物背井离乡，到处寻找日益减少的水源。
And it is all the direct result of the G8's dwindling importance in the global economy.
这也正全是G8在全球经济中的重要性日渐下降的直接结果。
Thousands of civilians are trapped, with dwindling supplies of clean water and food. Hundreds are alleged to have been killed or maimed.
本次行动还导致了上千名缺乏清洁水源及食物的平民被困住，据称还有上百名平民死亡或伤残。
One could see in the roll of his eyes just how he had glanced covertly over the dwindling pile of chips at his step-father's party.
人们从他的乱转的眼珠里能看出他怎样贪梦地盯着他继父那逐渐减少的筹码。
Although he led the race for most of the summer, his support now seems to be dwindling.
虽然他在夏季的大多数时间在竞选中领先，但对他的支持现在似乎在逐渐减少。
FOR the dwindling number of souls who cling to a vision of a single, global financial exchange, this week must have given pause for thought.
随着孤芳自赏的全球金融交易所日渐稀少，那些证交所的领军者们是否该在本周暂停下扩张的步伐，好好思考一番呢？
Rogers knew that he had to move from the side of the bus, where the full force of the current was sapping his dwindling energy.
罗杰斯明白他不得不从汽车的一侧移开，因为洪水的巨大冲刷力正消耗着他本来就在削弱的力气。
Phil McCabe from the Forum of Private Business said: 'The value of a degree is dwindling. '
来自私人企业论坛的菲尔•麦凯布说：“学历的价值正在缩水。”
The foundation said its research confirmed years of anecdotal reports of dwindling populations along the east coast.
基金会说，它的调查证实了多年来有关东海岸沿线考拉减少的传闻报道。
Personal wealth is dwindling in the U. S. , and the effects of the financial meltdown have been felt around the world.
个人财富在美国正在缩水，金融倒坍的影响在全世界都能感受到。
Given that North Sea production has been dwindling for a decade, why has it taken so long for more storage to be built?
鉴于北海产量近十年来一直在下降，为什么还不尽早建立更多的储备呢？
Given a rapidly growing world car population and dwindling oil supplies, fuel prices are bound to rise in the long term.
考虑到世界汽车数量的快速增长以及石油供应的萎缩，长期来看燃料价格肯定会上涨。
As the international financial crisis is still unfolding, resources for international development cooperation are dwindling.
国际金融危机仍在持续，国际发展合作资源也因此在减少。
The party membership has been dwindling down in the last few month.
最近几个月该党党员人数已逐渐减少了。
The planes were dwindling in the distance.
飞机在远处越来越小。
The party membership has been dwindling down in the last few month.
最近几个月该党党员人数已逐渐减少了。
There is no way out for these unflagging little creatures; only the dwindling of their batteries can provide rest.
这些努力不歇的小生物没有出路，只有当电池耗尽了才能休息。
It would not normally benefit from the dwindling of China's reserves of labour any more than from the drying up of Saudi wells.
但中国劳工储备的日益减少并不会使其受益，这和逐渐干涸的沙特油井造成油价上涨不一样。
Secondly, a dwindling band of workers will have to support rising social-security payments, as the number of retired people grows.
第二，随着退休人数的增加，数量逐渐减少的工人将不得不支撑起日益昂贵的社会保障费用。
With her cash supply dwindling fast, she had no other resources.
用她的现金供应快速地减少，她没有其它资源。
This has provoked more tension as the southern tribes begin to compete for a dwindling pot of money.
此时，南方部落之间为分享逐渐减少的一点钱而开始的争夺引发了更紧张的局势。
But since the number of Republicans is dwindling, that still leaves Mr Obama with a healthy level of support.
但由于共和党人数的减少，奥巴马先生的支持率依然保持在了一个良好的水平上。
Fear and fatigue partly account for the dwindling number of demonstrators, but so does confusion over the protesters' aims and capacity.
恐惧和疲劳只是导致示威者数量缩减的部分原因，抗议目的不明和抗议者能力参差不齐同样是造成人数减少的原因。
In areas lucky enough to have a little green, armed herders are violently competing for dwindling resources.
在那些很幸运而有点绿色的地方，武装的牧民们争抢逐渐减少的资源。
the collapse in oil prices, plus rapidly dwindling Syrian production of the stuff, confronts Mr Assad with a fast-approaching budget crisis.
在油价上的冲突，加上叙利亚原材料产量的迅速下降，遭遇MrAssad很紧的预算危机。
Now the couple is mulling the next move in light of dwindling alternatives and resources.
面对正在缩小的可选做法和资源现在这对夫妇正在思忖下一步怎么走。
For more than a year, the settlers hung on, their numbers and stores dwindling.
移民们被困在彭萨科拉有一年多，他们的人数和物资也不断减少。
Official incompetence and corruption have caused the proceeds of the country's dwindling oil reserves and water resources to be squandered.
政府无能与贪污腐败让这个国家的石油储备大幅减少，水资源也被大量挥霍。
Around the world, dwindling water supplies and deteriorating water quality are driving innovations in water treatment technologies.
在全世界范围内，不断减少的水资源和恶化的水质正在驱动着水处理技术的创新。
With dwindling oxygen levels, marine animals were unable to survive, wiping out large chunks of their population.
随着氧气浓度降低，海洋动物无法生存，因而大量动物灭绝。
The admirable action to save Benghazi may, in the long term, expose dwindling defence budgets.
从长期来看，欧洲拯救班加西的可敬行动或许会曝光欧洲防务预算的日益减少。
Some of these can be purchased locally, but international donations are also needed in order to restock rapidly dwindling supplies.
其中的一些物品可在当地购买，但是也需要国际捐助以便迅速储备日益减少的供应品。
The adoption of the euro by such new members as Slovenia, Slovakia and now Estonia was a reminder of their dwindling influence.
要提醒的是，那些新成员国如斯洛文尼亚，斯洛伐克以及现在的爱沙尼亚接纳了欧元后，现在他们的影响力正在被削弱。
By the financial crisis, international and domestic economy have been dwindling, China logistics industry has also suffered damage.
受金融危机影响，国际国内经济陷入低迷，我国物流业也遭受重创。
Even without a disruption to supply, prices are under pressure from a second source: the gradual dwindling of spare capacity.
即使供给没有中断，石油的价格还是承受着一下问题的压力：持续减少的多余储量。
