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

• 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 drag from fiscal consolidation is diminishing.
  财政整固对经济的拖累日益减少。
• I have no intention of diminishing the power of diet and exercise or even drugs and surgery.
  我无意贬低饮食、运动甚至药物以及外科手术的作用。
• High quality phosphorus reserves are diminishing and the cost of fertilisers is escalating rapidly.
  高质量的磷储备正在逐渐减少，而化肥的成本正在迅速增加。
• He and other scholars have argued that large disbursements are subject to the law of diminishing returns.
  他和其他学者认为这些大笔的支出服从了减少回报的法规。
• 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。
• Alas, diminishing the impact of compliments is a pretty strong reflex for many of us.
  哎呀，减小称赞的程度对我们许多人来说都是一种很强烈的条件反射。
• As a result, they are subject to rapidly diminishing returns to increased labor inputs.
  结果，增加劳动投入，反而使其收益迅速递减。
• 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！
• But in the modern world, both these advantages seem to be diminishing.
  但在现代世界，上述两大优势似乎都在缩小。