diminishing
英 [dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ]
美 [dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ]
v. 减少; (使)减弱,缩减; 降低; 贬低; 贬损; 轻视
diminish的现在分词
现在分词:diminishing
BNC.11307 / COCA.12745
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG (使)减小;(使)减弱;(使)降低
When somethingdiminishes, or when somethingdiminishesit, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.- The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
核战争的威胁已经减小了。 - Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state...
联邦制旨在削弱中央政府的权力。 - Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources...
由于资源的减少,大学正面临严峻的问题。 - This could mean diminished public support for the war.
这可能意味着公众对战争的支持会有所下降。
- The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
- VERB 贬低;轻视
If youdiminishsomeone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.- He never put her down or diminished her...
他从未奚落或贬低过她。 - He could no longer cope; he relied on me, and felt diminished by it.
他再也无法承受,他依赖我,却因此觉得是受了轻贱。
- He never put her down or diminished her...
英英释义
adj
- becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so
- diminishing returns
- his diminishing respect for her
双语例句
- But the IMF researchers did not identify any emerging economies that had passed the point of diminishing returns.
但IMF的研究人员没有指出哪几个新兴经济体越过了收益递减点。 - Universities are facing grave problems because of diminishing resources
由于资源的减少,大学正面临严峻的问题。 - The law of diminishing returns has set in: the presence of Nato troops has become the problem.
收益递减规律得到了体现:北约军队的进驻成为了问题所在。 - He and other scholars have argued that large disbursements are subject to the law of diminishing returns.
他和其他学者认为这些大笔的支出服从了减少回报的法规。 - As a result, they are subject to rapidly diminishing returns to increased labor inputs.
结果,增加劳动投入,反而使其收益迅速递减。 - The drag from fiscal consolidation is diminishing.
财政整固对经济的拖累日益减少。 - That fall underscored the nation's fast diminishing appetite for raw materials and weakening domestic consumer demand.
这一下降突显了该国对原材料的需求在迅速减弱,国内消费者需求也逐渐疲软。 - Alas, diminishing the impact of compliments is a pretty strong reflex for many of us.
哎呀,减小称赞的程度对我们许多人来说都是一种很强烈的条件反射。 - The patient is diminishing in strength.
这病人体力渐减。 - The differences between manual labour and mental labour are diminishing in some developed countries.
在一些发达国家体力劳动和脑力劳动的差别正在缩小。