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diminishing是什么意思？

diminishing

英[dɪ'mɪnɪʃɪŋ] 美[dɪ'mɪnɪʃɪŋ]

adj. 逐渐缩小的；
v. （使）减少，缩小( diminish的现在分词 )，减弱…的权势；

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.
This process is never completed, but it disobeys the law of diminishing returns. 这个过程是无止境的, 可是这违背了报酬递减律.
The unskilled section of the working class was diminishing as a proportion of the workforce. 劳动力中非熟练工人的人数正在减少.
The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. 世界资源正在迅速减少。
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。
...rapidly diminishing suppliers of furs and pelts. 数量锐减的毛皮供应商

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英语六级真题

Government now supports the elderly, diminishing the need for children.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
The technologies themselves, and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

V-ERG

（使）减小;（使）减弱;（使）降低

When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
例句
The threat of nuclear war has diminished... 核战争的威胁已经减小了。 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。
VERB

贬低;轻视

If you diminish someone or something, you talk about them or treat them in a way that makes them appear less important than they really are.
例句
He never put her down or diminished her... 他从未奚落或贬低过她。 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。

英英词典释义

Adjective
1. becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so;
"diminishing returns""his diminishing respect for her"

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