diminishing

1. 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.
   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。
2. 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.
   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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. The patient is diminishing in strength.
   这病人体力渐减。
4. The law of diminishing returns has set in: the presence of Nato troops has become the problem.
   收益递减规律得到了体现：北约军队的进驻成为了问题所在。
5. But we should not be surprised that monetary policy has diminishing returns.
   但货币政策产生的回报正在减少，这一点我们不应该感到惊讶。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. Corporate donations from the city are dwindling, and falling property prices mean the value of legacies is diminishing.
   该城市公司的捐赠减少，下降的财产价格意味这遗产的价值缩水。
9. This also has social consequences, such as diminishing the overall concern about privacy.
   这可能会导致一些不良的社会影响，比如对隐私关注度降低等。
10. 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！
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. The Cleveland Cavaliers have lost their first two games, maybe already diminishing the expectations of some fans.
    克里夫兰骑士队输掉了赛季之初的两场比赛，可能已经减少了一些球迷对新赛季的期望。
17. 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。
18. In terms of the National Budget, we see a diminishing amount allocated year by year.
    在国家预算中，我们看到每年政府的拨款不断地在减少。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. The drag from fiscal consolidation is diminishing.
    财政整固对经济的拖累日益减少。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. Still, oil and gasoline are diminishing resources.
    然而，石油和汽油是日益枯竭的资源。
27. I am broken and the energies that tie me to this world are diminishing rapidly.
    我已经支离破碎，而且让我出现在这个世界中的能量正在急遽的消散中。
28. And while the supply of freshwater is theoretically always the same, in reality it's diminishing.
    尽管从理论上说，淡水的水源是保持不变的，但是事实上淡水的供应量正在减少。
29. 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。

adj

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