shrinking

英 [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ]

v.  (使)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩; (使)缩小，减少; 退缩; 畏缩
shrink的现在分词

现在分词：shrinking　

医学

BNC.18444 / COCA.11165

柯林斯词典

• VERB (通常指布料、衣服等洗后)缩水，收缩，缩小，皱缩
  If cloth or clothingshrinks, it becomes smaller in size, usually as a result of being washed.
  1. All my jumpers have shrunk.
     我所有的套头毛衣都缩水了。
• V-ERG (使)缩小;(使)收缩;(使)减少
  If somethingshrinksor something elseshrinksit, it becomes smaller.
  1. The vast forests of West Africa have shrunk...
     西非的大片森林面积已缩小了。
  2. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.
     匈牙利可能不得不降低其缩小国家军事管制区的期望。
• VERB (因害怕、震惊或厌恶)退缩，畏缩，避开
  If youshrink away fromsomeone or something, you move away from them because you are frightened, shocked, or disgusted by them.
  1. One child shrinks away from me when I try to talk to him...
     当我试图和一个孩子说话时，他避开了我。
  2. Siegfried cringed and shrank against the wall...
     西格弗里德畏缩了，退避到墙根。
  3. She shrank back with an involuntary gasp.
     她不由得倒抽了口冷气，往后退了退。
• VERB 畏避，回避(工作、责任等)
  If you do notshrink froma task or duty, you do it even though it is unpleasant or dangerous.
  1. We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible...
     我们要想保持诚信可靠，就绝不能避忌武力的合法使用。
  2. They didn't shrink from danger.
     他们在危险面前没有退缩。
• N-COUNT 精神病学家;心理学家
  Ashrinkis a psychiatrist.
  1. I've seen a shrink already.
     我已经看过心理专家了。
• no shrinking violet→ see:violet

英英释义

noun

• the act of becoming less
• process or result of becoming less or smaller
  1. the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
  Synonym:shrinkage

双语例句

• The essential choice of raising capital or shrinking their balance sheets remains for many continental European banks.
  对欧洲大陆的许多银行来说，是增加资本金，还是收缩资产负债表，依然是它们面临的一个重要选择。
• Economic shrinking has finally been overpassed now.
  现在经济萎缩终于过去了。
• When it comes to expressing himself he is no shrinking violet
  他在表达自己的想法时毫不羞怯。
• The department has been shrinking year by year because of budget cuts.
  这个部门因为预算削减而逐年萎缩。
• The current cuts, bullying managers and ever increasing workloads on a shrinking workforce cannot continue.
  目前的削减，欺凌的管理人员和对减少的劳动力日益增加的工作量不能再继续下去。
• So it will fall to Hungary's mainstream politicians to handle the shrinking economy and manage the austerity programme.
  因此，解决经济萎缩和实施节俭计划的重任将落在匈牙利主流政治家肩上。
• Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.
  索尼公司在缩小CD播放机的体积方面也处于领先地位。
• For all their differences, tabloids in most rich countries have one common feature: shrinking circulation.
  尽管他们存在这么多的不同，大多数富有国家的小报中存在着一个共同的特点：萎缩的发行量。
• None of the women he paints, however, could be described as shrinking violets.
  然而，他画过的所有女人中没有一个是羞涩腼腆的。
• Shrinking or flinching in fear.
  在害怕中退缩或者畏缩。