[VERB 动词](数量上)减少,缩小 If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
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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。
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。
Oxford
dwin·dle/ˈdwɪndl; NAmEˈdwɪndl/verb[intransitive ]to become gradually less or smaller (逐渐)减少,变小,缩小◆dwindling audiences越来越少的观众dwindle(away) (to sth) ◆Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing.支持这个党派的人渐渐化为乌有。dwindle(from sth) (to sth) ◆Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.俱乐部会员人数已从 70 减少到 20。dwindledwindlesdwindleddwindlingdwin·dle/ˈdwɪndl; NAmEˈdwɪndl/
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dwindledwin‧dle /ˈdwɪndl/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]
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(also dwindle away) to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: The elephant population is dwindling. His money had dwindled away.dwindle to The stream has dwindled to a trickle.► see thesaurus at
decrease
—dwindling adjective: dwindling resources
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