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dwindle (away)
常与away连用表示逐渐消失。
The crowd dwindled away as it got dark.
天黑时人群渐渐散去。
减少；缩小；使减少
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减少；缩小；使减少
to become gradually less or smaller, or to make something do this
The crowd dwindled away as it got dark.
天黑时人群渐渐散去。
减少,缩小,降低强度。
To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
质量下降,退化,沉沦。
To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
使减少；压低。
To lessen; to bring low.
分散,散开。
To break up or disperse.
dwindle
Base
原形
dwindles
3rd person
第三人称单数
dwindling
-ing
现在分词
dwindled
Past
过去式
dwindled
Past participle
过去分词
The audience dwindles as the show goes on.
随着演出进行，观众逐渐减少。
The supply of food dwindled after the storm.
风暴过后，食物供应减少了。
规则动词
As the days passed, the food supplies dwindled rapidly.
随着日子一天天过去，食物供应迅速减少。
The crowd began to dwindle after midnight.
午夜过后，人群开始减少。
The company's profits are dwindling due to fierce competition.
由于激烈的竞争，公司的利润正在减少。
常与away连用表示逐渐消失。
The crowd dwindled away as it got dark.
天黑时人群渐渐散去。
The company's profits dwindled to almost nothing.
公司的利润缩减到几乎为零。
The forest has dwindled from 5,000 acres to just 500.
森林从5000英亩减少到只剩500英亩。
Not this
There has been a dwindle in the number of students.
Use this
There has been a dwindling in the number of students.
dwindle可以作为动词使用，但不可以作为名词。表示‘减少’的名词形式是dwindling或decrease。
Not this
The population dwindled of 10% last year.
Use this
The population dwindled by 10% last year.
dwindle表示数量减少时，搭配介词by来表示减少的具体幅度，而不是of。
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逐渐减少；消失
The crowd dwindled away as the evening went on.
随着夜幕降临，人群逐渐散去。
减少到几乎没有；化为乌有
Their savings had dwindled to nothing after years of unemployment.
多年失业后，他们的积蓄已经所剩无几。
日益减少的资源
The team had to work with dwindling resources.
团队不得不在日益减少的资源下工作。
不断减少的数量
A dwindling number of people still remember the old traditions.
还记得这些古老传统的人越来越少了。
迅速减少
Support for the proposal dwindled rapidly after the scandal.
丑闻之后，对该提案的支持迅速减少。
逐渐减少，消失
The crowd dwindled away as the night went on.
随着夜色渐深，人群逐渐散去。
缩减到几乎没有；化为乌有
Our savings dwindled to nothing after the trip.
旅行之后，我们的积蓄几乎花光了。
逐渐减少，逐步缩小
The noise dwindled down to a whisper.
噪音逐渐减弱，变成了低语。
日子一天天减少，只剩下宝贵的几天。
As the summer vacation came to an end, the remaining days dwindled down to a precious few.
随着暑假接近尾声，剩下的日子减少到宝贵的几天。
树木的年岁已经消逝，精灵的时代结束了。
As the civilization declined, the population of the village dwindled.
随着文明衰落，村庄的人口减少了。
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dwindle 拼写中有 wind（风），大风把沙堆逐渐吹散变小，就是 dwindle（减少）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、formal writing dwindle 多用于书面语和较为正式的场合，表示数量或程度逐渐减少；日常口语中也会出现，但通常比 decrease 或 go down 更正式。强调渐进的过程，不带有强烈的感情色彩。
可作及物或不及物动词
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