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.
  1. The threat of nuclear war has diminished...
     核战争的威胁已经减小了。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
• 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.
  1. He never put her down or diminished her...
     他从未奚落或贬低过她。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so
  1. diminishing returns
  2. his diminishing respect for her

双语例句

• 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。
• Still, oil and gasoline are diminishing resources.
  然而，石油和汽油是日益枯竭的资源。
• But the IMF researchers did not identify any emerging economies that had passed the point of diminishing returns.
  但IMF的研究人员没有指出哪几个新兴经济体越过了收益递减点。
• That fall underscored the nation's fast diminishing appetite for raw materials and weakening domestic consumer demand.
  这一下降突显了该国对原材料的需求在迅速减弱，国内消费者需求也逐渐疲软。
• 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。
• The crisis has put health systems in the scissors of rising costs and diminishing resources.
  危机使卫生系统受到费用上升和资源减少的双向冲击。
• 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。
• There is a law of diminishing returns that becomes operative in old age, I find.
  我发现存在着一条报酬递减的规律，人到老年时这一规律对他就变得很应验。
• 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。
• The differences between manual labour and mental labour are diminishing in some developed countries.
  在一些发达国家体力劳动和脑力劳动的差别正在缩小。