dwindle

• vi.减少；变小
• vt.使缩小，使减少

词源同dye, 死亡，消逝。-le, 表反复，逐渐。即减少，逐渐消亡。

dwindle (v.)

1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of Middle English dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from Old English dwinan, from Proto-Germanic *dwinan (cognates: Dutch dwijnen "to vanish," Old Norse dvina, Danish tvine, Low German dwinen), from PIE *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)). Related: Dwindled; dwindling.

1. Yet, as earth's other natural resources dwindle, nations eye the Antarctic as a final repository.

然而, 由于地球上其他自然资源的减少, 一些国家视南极洲为最后的宝库.

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2. The minute you begin to forgive yourself, you start to dwindle.

[人都是在原谅自己的那一分钟开始懈怠. ]

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3. Savings will begin to dwindle as retirees run them down.

退休人员会使中国的储蓄率开始下降.

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4. The number of people going to the cinema seems to dwindle steadily.

看电影的人数似乎在逐渐下降.

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5. In that day there will be no light ; the luminaries will dwindle.

亚14:6那日、必没有光.三光必退缩.

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