词汇精选:dwindle的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
(使)减少,缩小 [I,T]
例句:
His money dwindle away to nothing while traveling in europe.
在游欧期间,他花光了所有的钱。
例句:
Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling.
出口在缩减,贸易赤字在增长。
衰落,变坏,退化
例句:
Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs.
宗教团体可能堕落为宗派俱乐部。
二、词义辨析:
decrease,diminish,lessen,reduce,dwindle
这些协词的共同含义是“减少,变少”。decrease指逐渐地、不断地减少。diminish侧重大小数量和重要性的不断减小,强调减小的部分。lessen普通用词,与decrease近义。指数目、程度、价值、实力等的减少。reduce普通用词,含义广。指数量、程度的降低或减少。dwindle与decrease同义,指逐渐减小,但强调变得越来越少终至全无。
三、相关短语:
dwindle away
减少, 缩小
四、参考例句:
Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs.
宗教团体可能堕落为宗派俱乐部。
His money dwindle away to nothing while traveling in europe.
在游欧期间,他花光了所有的钱。
If there's something that can be done in a couple of minutes — responding to an email or returning a phone call, maybe — do that and enjoy the catharsis of seeing your list begin to dwindle immediately.
如果这个事情时几分钟可以完成的—-可能是回复一封邮件或电话,那么就马上去做,看到你的清单开始立即减少,你会享受其中。