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
- In terms of the National Budget, we see a diminishing amount allocated year by year.
在国家预算中,我们看到每年政府的拨款不断地在减少。 - Costs rapidly escalated, and the potential "pay-off" for alloy development was diminishing.
费用增加,而用于合金发展的经费来源却反而减少。 - But we should not be surprised that monetary policy has diminishing returns.
但货币政策产生的回报正在减少,这一点我们不应该感到惊讶。 - Exports will be constrained by depressed Western markets, and investments in fixed assets will produce diminishing returns.
西方国家市场的萧条会抑制出口的增长,固定资产的投资收益会日益减少。 - The patient is diminishing in strength.
这病人体力渐减。 - Still, oil and gasoline are diminishing resources.
然而,石油和汽油是日益枯竭的资源。 - Yet this simple arithmetic ignores an offsetting effect: diminishing marginal returns.
然而,这种简单的算法忽略了一种抵消效应:边际收益递减。 - The scarcity of a dear year, by diminishing the demand for labour, tends to lower its price.
物价昂贵年度的荒歉,由于减少了劳动需求,因而会降低劳动的价格。 - Charge and Intercept no longer have diminishing returns on their stun effects.
冲锋和拦截君表示老子现在又不吃递减了! - The worldwide distribution of television programs and advertisements is seriously diminishing the differences among cultures.
全球性电视节目和广告极大地减少了各种文化之间之差异。