shrivelling

shrivelling

美 [ˈʃrɪv(ə)l] 　英

• v.(使)皱缩；(使)干瘪；(使)枯萎；(使)无能为力

词形变化

过去式：shrivelled  过去式：shriveled  现在分词：shrivelling  现在分词：shriveling  第三人称单数：shrivels  

英汉解释

v.	1. (使)皱缩;(使)干瘪;(使)枯萎;(使)无能为力,(使)失效

英英解释

v.	1. if something such as a plant shrivels or shrivels up, it becomes smaller and thinner than usual and it does not look fresh and healthy; to make something smaller and thinner than usual 2. to become weaker or smaller in amount; to make something weaker or smaller in amount

例句

The polls do not reveal how much of the president's shrivelling approval is caused by rising petrol prices.

这几次民调并不能表明奥巴马总统支持率的下跌是由油价上升引起的。

Critics suggest that this shrivelling of the supply chain leaves consumers vulnerable to bad luck or bad behaviour.

有批评称这样的供应链萎缩会造成消费者的坏运气或不良行为倾向。

Shrivelling access to capital threatens further development, and manufacturers have been hit hard over the past year.

资本准入的紧缩阻碍了进一步发展，制造业在过去一年里也受到了沉重打击。

Now secularism is shrivelling some churches, especially mainstream Protestant ones.

目前，世俗主义泛滥教会，特别是主流的新教教会。

In continental Europe's biggest economies, the consequences for jobs of shrivelling output are only just becoming visible.

欧洲大陆的几个最大经济体，因产出萎缩对就业造成的影响才初露端倪。

For the poorest, the new donors are more important because Western aid is shrivelling.

对于最贫穷的国家来说，新的捐助者很重要，因为西方提供的援助金额正逐渐减少。

AFTER 18 months of sunny skies and scorching heat, crops are shrivelling, lawns are crisping and lakes are drying up.

经受18个月的艳阳高照和酷热之苦后，农作物慢慢在枯萎，草坪缓缓在卷曲和湖泊也渐渐在干涸。

Good thing there are still things that never go away, such as the ever-expanding waistline and the progressively shrivelling face.

幸亏还有些东西是溜不走的，比如日益圆浑的腰肢和逐渐粗糙的笑脸。

Besides, they are registered in "layers" , to avoid the food shrivelling before the picture is taken.

此外在照这些图片之前这些照片被层层注记以避免食物乾枯掉。