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

    双语例句

    • 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?
    • 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。
    • The personal market appears to be shrinking, according to the market research firms Gartner and IDC.
      根据市场调研公司Gartner和IDC提供的数据,个人电脑(PC)市场出现了萎缩迹象。
    • It has been engulfed, like the rest of the world, by recession and shrinking global trade.
      它已经像世界其他国家一样被经济衰退和全球贸易萎缩所吞没。
    • Private museums speed up, too, 21st-century crises of shrinking art resources and growing demand.
      此外,私人博物馆还加速了21世纪艺术品资源不断下降和需求不断上升的危机。
    • The main impact of the financial crisis has not been factory closures but shrinking orders and manufacturing capacity.
      金融危机的主要冲击并不是工厂关门,而是订单和制造产能的缩水。
    • We would have avoided all this suffering simply by shrinking from strife.
      要是我们在冲突面前畏缩不前,我们可以避免这些痛苦;
    • Pressure for land for agriculture also resulted in the forest area shrinking in both size and quality.
      需要更多土地进行农业的压力也导致了森林面积的数量和质量的缩水。
    • 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。