詞彙精選:dwindle的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
v.
(使)減少,縮小 [I,T]
例句:
His money dwindle away to nothing while traveling in europe.
在遊歐期間,他花光了所有的錢。
例句:
Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling.
出口在縮減,貿易赤字在增長。
衰落,變壞,退化
例句:
Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs.
宗教團體可能墮落為宗派俱樂部。
二、詞義辨析:
decrease,diminish,lessen,reduce,dwindle
這些協詞的共同含義是“減少,變少”。decrease指逐漸地、不斷地減少。diminish側重大小數量和重要性的不斷減小,強調減小的部分。lessen普通用詞,與decrease近義。指數目、程度、價值、實力等的減少。reduce普通用詞,含義廣。指數量、程度的降低或減少。dwindle與decrease同義,指逐漸減小,但強調變得越來越少終至全無。
三、相關短語:
dwindle away
減少, 縮小
四、參考例句:
Religious societies may dwindle into factious clubs.
宗教團體可能墮落為宗派俱樂部。
His money dwindle away to nothing while traveling in europe.
在遊歐期間,他花光了所有的錢。
If there's something that can be done in a couple of minutes — responding to an email or returning a phone call, maybe — do that and enjoy the catharsis of seeing your list begin to dwindle immediately.
如果這個事情時幾分鐘可以完成的—-可能是回覆一封郵件或電話,那麼就馬上去做,看到你的清單開始立即減少,你會享受其中。