| 英语单词 | diminishing |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'mɪnɪʃɪŋ] 美 [dɪ'mɪnɪʃɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | n.减小;削弱 动词diminish的现在分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) Diminishing social responsibility, according to Yoshizaki, is tied to the growing interest in pleasure and personal satisfaction. (2) Vocationally, we also have specialized and become more interdependent on others, and as a result we have diminishing control over large aspects of our lives. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 吉崎康宏感到,社会责任感的削弱与个人满足和享乐的兴趣增长亲密相关。 (2) 在职业上,我们同样也很专业化以及越来越独立,不再依赖他人,因此我们对生活很大一部分的控制正在削弱。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Diminishing means becoming smaller and smaller. While diminishing pain is a good thing, diminishing returns on your investment is not so welcome. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Diminishing comes from the Latin word minuere — "to make small." The "law of diminishing returns" refers to the tendency at a certain point for continued effort in an area to begin producing a smaller and smaller result. You might enjoy eating one Sour Patch candy, but if you eat a whole package of them and feel sick? Then, you have come face-to-face with the law of diminishing returns. |
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