This hits Britain hard as North Sea reserves dwindle and the country imports an ever-greater share of its energy.(因為北海儲量減少，國家能源更加依賴進口，英國能源受到了沉重打擊。)

I dwindle, thin as a golden flower.(我縮少，盡管薄的一朵金色的花。)

They will always be valuable (possibly even more valuable) while men's supposed natural attributes dwindle.(當男人的那些所謂自然特質逐漸式微之時，女人的那些才是有價值的(很有可能會更有價值)。)

The IIF expects that flows will dwindle to a paltry $165 billion this year.(國際金融協會(IIF)預計，今年私人資本的凈流入將減少到區區1650以美金。)

The boost from firms rebuilding their inventories after running them down in the recession will dwindle.(在經濟不景氣的時，企業重建庫存的動力將會下降。)

But soda companies won't just sit quietly and let their profits dwindle.(不過蘇打水公司可不會坐視不管，任憑利潤下降。)

Unfortunately, the longer that the credit crunch continues, the more those reserves will start to dwindle.(不幸的是，信貸緊縮持續的越久，更多的儲備會下降。)

If we try to avoid the confrontation then creativity, motivation, hope and positivity start to dwindle.(要是我們試圖回避挑戰，那么創造力、動力、希望和積極性就都會開始減弱。)

As in the Oligocene before it, grasslands continued to expand and forests to dwindle in extent.(在先前的漸新世，草地的面積增大，森林的面積減少。)

But as the online holdings of Google Books increases, will delivery request traffic dwindle?(但當GoogleBooks在線館藏的日益增加時，是否會減少傳遞請求數量？)

用作動詞(v.)

The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling.
地球上野生動物的數量正日漸減少。

The sun came struggling through again and the rain dwindled to a few glittering drops.