dwindles是什么意思？

dwindles

• v. 逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• Failing health dwindles ambition. 健康衰退使人丧志.
• The novel dwindles away to a most unsatisfactory ending. 这部小说越到结尾写得越简单,不能令人满意.
• Then, conversation dwindles to the main entertainment, a dramatic monologue from Winston. 然后众人的高谈阔论逐渐变成温斯顿戏剧性的独白, 这是压轴戏.

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• VERB
  (数量上)减少,缩小
  If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.
  例句
  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。