及物动词

1. Failing health dwindles ambition.
健康衰退使人丧志。

2. Failing health dwindled ambition.
体弱雄心减。

不及物动词

1. Hopes for their safety dwindled.
他们会平安无事的希望变得渺茫了。

2. His wealth dwindled into nothing.
他的财产化为乌有。

3. His fortune dwindled to a few hundred pounds.
他的财产减少到几百英镑了。

1. 缩小：Dwight Eisenhower 艾森豪威尔 | dwindle 缩小 | Dy 镝

2. (随风而逝) 减少：consummate 成就 完成 sum 和 (共同完成一个事情的和) | dwindle (随风而逝) 减少 | haphazard 偶然的 随便的

3. 减少：scorch#烘焦;烧焦 | dwindle#减少 | relinquish#放弃

4. 缩小,萎缩：budge v. 编预算 | dwindle 缩小,萎缩 | unsustainable 不能维持下去

1. (数量上)减少,缩小
If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number.

e.g. The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred...
工厂雇员总数已经从 4,000 多人减少到几百人。
e.g. Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling...
出口在缩减，贸易赤字在增长。

verb

1. become smaller or lose substance

e.g. Her savings dwindled down

Synonym: dwindle awaydwindle down