diminishing

基本解释

• v. 减少；递减；衰减；削弱…的权势（diminish的现在分词）
• adj. 逐渐缩小的；衰减的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• But even there, the risk is of diminishing returns.
  但是就算那样，还是存在收益递减的风险。
• One problem, as the producers of the Rocky series know only too well, is that sequels are subject to the laws of diminishing returns.
  这个问题就连《洛奇》系列电影的制片人也一样熟悉，那就是这些结局都会受到收益递减规律的制约。
• With that in mind, the first step in diminishing complexity is to understand the degree of complexity involved; i.e., we need a way to measure it.
  基于这一思想，逐渐缩小复杂性的第一个步骤就是理解所涉及到的复杂性的程度；也就是，我们需要一种测量方法。

原声例句

• "The passion that has come out is, I think,diminishing the prospects, diminishing the chances that the president will succeed.
• This, I think you've gotten from other economics courses-- we have something called diminishing marginal utility.
  我认为你们已经从其它的经济学课程中学过了,称为边际收益递减
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• Another way of diminishing responsibility is you could accept orders.
  减少责任的另一种方法就是,接受命令。
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权威例句

• He just wants to provide an alternative to the world's diminishing reserve of fossil fuels.
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词组短语

短语

• diminishing increment 又叫增量递减
• diminishing efficiency 递减效率;效率递减
• Diminishing Resources 逐渐减少的资源
• diminishing function 递减函数
• diminishing increments 减少增量

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• When something diminishes, or when something diminishes it, it becomes reduced in size, importance, or intensity.
• 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.

专业释义

土木建筑工程

• 使(柱子等)的直径渐减，使成锥形，使成尖顶
• 直径渐减，形成锥形，成尖顶

艺术学

• 减(音程等)，把(音程)减半