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 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。
• How do you keep wages and benefits in line with shrinking profit margins?
  你如何在边际利润下降的情况下让雇员的工资和你的企业的利益相一致？
• Shrinking or flinching in fear.
  在害怕中退缩或者畏缩。
• Ireland has adopted a strategy of shrinking to grow.
  爱尔兰已采取了通过收缩实现增长的战略。
• 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。
• As the financial crisis squeezes the real economy, urban white-collar workers speak of shrinking bonuses and frozen wages.
  金融危机真正的紧压了经济，都市白领谈到他们收缩的奖金和冻结的薪水。
• This paper is focused on the analysis of three nozzles with different entrance shrinking angle with FEM method.
  文中运用有限元法对三种不同入口收缩角的喷嘴进行了分析。
• 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。
• 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。
• Economic shrinking has finally been overpassed now.
  现在经济萎缩终于过去了。