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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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)
07:29
- 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。
為何網路上的東西越來越糟？ | The Gray Area (Why everything on the internet is getting worse | The Gray Area)
43:29
- Facebook is drawing out ad the value from us, from advertisers, from publishers, our feeds dwindle to this kind of homeopathic residue of things that we ask to see and are just filled up with stuff that people are paying to show us.
Facebook 從我們、廣告商、出版商那裡榨取廣告價值，我們的動態消息縮減成我們要求看到的東西的這種順勢療法殘渣，並且充滿了人們付費給我們看的東西。
美、委兩國為何瀕臨開戰邊緣？ 🚨 (Why The US & Venezuela Are On The Brink of War)
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- By 2013, Chavez oversaw the country's national debt more than double while watching their strategic reserves of oil dwindle and dwindle.
到了 2013 年，Chavez 監督下的國家債務翻倍，同時看著他們的石油戰略儲備不斷減少。
沒國家要辦了？奧運怎麼那麼虧？(Why Hosting The Olympics Isn't Worth It Anymore)
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- The IOC isn't a fan of this idea, but as bidding hosts dwindle, so do their options.
奧委會並不是很喜歡這個點子，但隨著願意競標者數量減少，他們也沒什麼選擇。
俄羅斯為何快速萎縮？ (Why Russia is Shrinking Fast)
10:38
- 1990s the population could dwindle down to as little as
20世紀90年代，人口可能會減少到只剩下一個人。