dwindle
US /ˈdwɪndl/
・UK /'dwɪndl/
B2 中高級
v.i.不及物動詞變小；縮小
The supplies will dwindle eventually if we don't place an order
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冰雪國王：一人如何創造出《冰雪奇緣》的黃金傳奇！ (The Ice King: How One Man Created Frozen Gold)
- At the same time, their family wealth was beginning to dwindle after some poor real estate investments in South Boston, and although Frederick was unwilling to give up on the idea of selling ice, his financial problems would only get worse, leading to him winding up in a debtor's prison three times, arrested and jailed for being unable to pay the debts he owed.
與此同時，由於在南波士頓的一些房地產投資失利，他們的家庭財富開始縮水，儘管弗雷德裡克不願放棄賣冰的想法，但他的財務問題只會越來越嚴重，導致他三次被關進債務人監獄，因無力償還債務而被捕入獄。
- At the same time, their family wealth was beginning to dwindle after some poor real estate investments in South Boston.
1810 年，都鐸製冰公司首次實現盈利。
2025：年度大新聞 BBC Learning English 帶你看新聞 (2025: The year’s big news stories: BBC Learning English from the News)
- Here, dwindling is an adjective, but we can also use the verb dwindle.
所以新聞標題說的是 dwindling aid，也就是援助越來越少。
- Here, dwindling is an adjective, but we can also use the verb dwindle.
這裡 dwindling 是形容詞，但我們也可以用動詞 dwindle。
意想不到的國家，竟然稱霸相撲界！ (The country no one expected to dominate sumo)
- The number of Japanese willing to sign up for sumo continues to dwindle.
現在的情況是，日本人在自己的體育項目中處於劣勢。
- The number of Japanese willing to sign up for sumo continues to dwindle.
願意報名參加相撲的日本人越來越少。
惡魔阻礙你的禱告？照著做… 佩瑞·史東 (Perry Stone) (Demons Hindering Your Prayers? Do This... W/ Perry Stone)
- So Daniel stays in Babylon—watch this—while the prayer base begins to dwindle,
所以但以理留在巴比倫—注意看—禱告的基礎開始減少，
- So Daniel stays in Babylon--watch this--while the prayer base begins to dwindle,
但現在瑪代人和波斯人—兩個帝國—已經佔領了巴比倫，這意味著瑪代和波斯上空的邪靈現在就籠罩著但以理居住的巴比倫。
一艘比一艘還大、還豪華！遊輪究竟為何變得如此龐大？ (How cruise ships got so big)
- As sea travel continued to dwindle, even the largest ocean liner in the world, the SS France, couldn't generate enough revenue to operate.
隨著海上旅行的不斷減少甚至世界上最大的遠洋郵輪 "法蘭西號"（SS France 無法產生足夠的收入來維持營運。
俄羅斯聲稱佔領波克羅夫斯克，將在莫斯科與維特科夫舉行會談前宣佈！| DW 新聞 (Russia claims capture of Pokrovsk ahead of Witkoff talks in Moscow | DW News)
- His country is under pressure from other EU governments for refusing to release around €140 billion of Russian assets held in a financial institution in Brussels as EU funding options for Ukraine dwindle.
我擔心所有的壓力都會放在受害者身上，也就是烏克蘭必須做出讓步和承諾，而你知道，為了和平，我們不應該失去焦點，實際上是俄羅斯發動了這場戰爭。
- As EU funding options for Ukraine dwindle and as Russian shelling continues, one of the big concerns for EU countries is that they'll have to shoulder the financial burden of rebuilding the country without having had a say in the terms of any peace deal.
隨著歐盟對烏克蘭的資助選項減少，以及俄羅斯的砲擊持續不斷，歐盟國家的一大擔憂是，他們將不得不承擔重建國家的財政負擔，卻無法對任何和平協議的條款有所發言。
Witkoff先生早就掉進了這個典型KGB老把戲！| DW News ("Mr Witkoff has been falling for this typical old KGB game for a very long time" | DW News)
- As EU funding options for Ukraine dwindle and as Russian shelling continues, one of the big concerns for EU countries is that they'll have to shoulder the financial burden of rebuilding the country without having had a say in the terms of any peace deal.
隨著歐盟對烏克蘭的資金選項越來越少，以及俄羅斯的砲擊持續不斷，歐盟國家的一大擔憂是，他們將必須獨自承擔重建國家的財政負擔，卻沒有機會參與任何和平協議的條款協商。
- His country's under pressure from other EU governments for refusing to release around €140 billion of Russian assets held in a financial institution in Brussels as EU funding options for Ukraine dwindle.
所以我們參與得越多，就能達成越好的和平協議。
