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dwindling 發(fā)音

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dwindling 中文意思翻譯

dwindling 詞性/詞形變化，dwindling變形

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dwindling 短語(yǔ)詞組

1、dwindling investment ─── 不斷減少的投資

2、dwindling definition ─── 不斷縮小的定義

3、dwindling minority ─── 日益減少的少數民族

4、dwindling faith ─── 日漸衰弱的信仰

5、dwindling resources ─── 不斷減少的資源

6、dwindling supplies ─── 供應減少

7、dwindling define ─── 縮小定義

8、dwindling away ─── [網(wǎng)絡(luò )] 越來(lái)越遠

9、dwindling meaning ─── 逐漸減少的意義

10、dwindling means ─── 減少的手段

11、dwindling syn ─── 縮小syn

12、dwindling clue ─── 逐漸減少的線(xiàn)索

13、dwindling mercurial high ─── 不斷縮小的水銀高壓

dwindling 相似詞語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)

1、dwining ─── 正在減少

2、dindling ─── n.震顫；震動(dòng)；vi.震顫；震動(dòng)；vt.使震顫；使震動(dòng)

3、Pindling ─── adj.極小的；羸弱的；脾氣壞的

4、diddling ─── vt.騙??；欺騙；浪費；vi.快速搖動(dòng)；閑混；瞎擺弄

5、daidling ─── 戲弄

6、kindling ─── n.點(diǎn)火；引火物；興奮

7、swindling ─── n.欺騙；v.詐騙（swindle的ing形式）

8、windling ─── n.溫德?tīng)枺ㄐ帐希?/p>

9、dandling ─── v.搖逗（放在膝上的孩子）；上下輕搖；寵溺，縱容

dwindling 常見(jiàn)例句（雙語(yǔ)使用場(chǎng)景）

1、Germany was running out of manpower, and the number of Western Europeans volunteering to serve in the Waffen-SS was also dwindling. ─── 德國缺乏人力資源，西歐的武裝黨衛隊志愿者變得越來(lái)越少。

2、Everyday of its existence is containing and implying an internal competition of a country. This rivalry is the last wrest of the dwindling war of civilization in the orient. ─── 它存在的每一天，無(wú)不包藏著(zhù)、暗示著(zhù)一個(gè)國家內心里的苦苦較力。這種對抗成為已日漸冷落的文明之戰在東方的最后扭葛。

3、The prospect of dwindling returns makes buy-out firms reluctant to club together to buy the big companies they covet; ─── 在兩家私募基金公司撤回報價(jià)后,潛在的買(mǎi)家減少，在不能全額收購的情況下只好不情愿的抱團買(mǎi)他們垂涎的大公司。

4、Week after week, with unfaltering and steadfast spirit, Elijah watched that dwindling brook; ─── 一星期一星期地過(guò)去，以利亞帶著(zhù)堅忍不撓的精神，守著(zhù)那日漸乾涸的溪水；

5、A maiko, or geisha-in-training, strolls through the streets of Kyoto. She is a member of a famed, but dwindling sorority of entertainers. ─── 一個(gè)舞女，或是一個(gè)藝妓，在京都的大街上漫步。她是一個(gè)有名但而日益衰落的劇團的演員。

6、Mee questions whether it is fair to reintroduce a jaguar because of the dwindling rainforest and the impact on the people who live and farm there. ─── 梅伊隊質(zhì)疑重新引進(jìn)美洲虎是否公平，因為熱帶雨林正在減少，而且會(huì )影響到那些生活和耕作在那里的人們。

7、Locals worry about the precious, dwindling cowboy culture. ─── ]當地人對寶貴的牛仔文化日漸萎縮感到擔憂(yōu)。

8、In some parts of the world, populations of big trees are dwindling because their seedlings cannot survive or grow. ─── 在世界上的一些地方，大樹(shù)的數量正在減少，因為它們的幼苗無(wú)法存活或生長(cháng)。

9、They are also adapting to an environment of more regulation, less risk, and dwindling profits. ─── 他們也在適應一個(gè)更多的規定，更少的風(fēng)險，利潤也減少的環(huán)境。

10、They discussed the effect of dwindling wetlands on ducks and geese. ─── 他們討論過(guò)沼澤地帶縮小封鴨和鵝的影響。

11、Unfortunately, even the news from the mass media is dwindling whereas the current situation in Burma should draw our outmost support and attention. ─── 不幸的是，即使媒體的新聞越來(lái)越少，鑒于緬甸當前的境遇，也應該引起我們最廣泛的支持和重視。

12、That has left little spare production capacity and,in Americaat least, dwindling stocks. ─── 一方面生產(chǎn)的空間有限，另一方面，至少在美國，石油儲備一直在下降。

13、By the time the humans managing the energy of Earth awakened to the fact that something was not right, they were unable to see how to rectify the dwindling light. ─── 到了一定的時(shí)候，管理地球能量的人類(lèi)終于覺(jué)醒到這個(gè)事實(shí)，那就是有事情出了差錯，但他們無(wú)法弄明白怎樣來(lái)糾正越來(lái)越昏暗的光線(xiàn)。

14、Expo 2008, themed on the world's dwindling water resources, opened in the Spanish city of Zaragoza on June 14, days after the riverside site narrowly escaped flooding. ─── 20086月14日，展會(huì )在西班牙城市薩拉戈薩召開(kāi)，主題是世界日益減少的水資源，幾天前河岸地區剛逃過(guò)洪水的侵襲。

15、Forces of the Wyrm and the Weaver are gathering for the next assault to extinguish the dwindling tribe and defile the last of the Pure Lands. ─── 妖蛆和秩者的力量開(kāi)始聚集,他們想毀滅正在衰亡的部族,污染最后一片純潔的土地。

16、But the half-life of market domination seems to be dwindling. ─── 但是似乎這些公司的壟斷半衰期一直在縮短。

17、But since the number of Republicans is dwindling, that still leaves Mr Obama with a healthy level of support. ─── 但是因為共和黨人數正在縮小，所以?shī)W巴馬的支持率仍然保持較高水平。

18、Intravenous administration of sodium dimercaptosuccinate 0.25 g/kg conferred no marked action, but a dose twice the amount brought about cardiac arrhythmia together with a dwindling CBF and an augmenting CVR. ─── (三)?脈注射二巰基丁二酸?0.25克/千克時(shí),未??對CBF和CVR的明顯作用。 而劑量加倍時(shí)?t引起心律紊亂、CBF減慢和CVR加大。

19、Those experts say that the most effective efforts include structural specialists, who suggest places where pockets deeper in the rubble could be harboring the dwindling number of survivors. ─── 專(zhuān)家說(shuō)最有效的救援方式包括由建筑專(zhuān)家參與救援。

20、Are fish stocks dwindling? ─── 魚(yú)類(lèi)在減少嗎？

21、And so, just when we think that resources are dwindling, ─── 當我們以為某種資源日益減少的時(shí)候

22、Brimming with charcoal from southern Somalia's dwindling forests, a truck rolls toward a port in Mogadishu. ─── 一輛卡車(chē)滿(mǎn)載著(zhù)來(lái)自索馬里南部逐漸減少的森林的木炭駛向摩加迪沙的港口。

23、For example, yard managers can receive advanced warning of dwindling capacity by charting yard utilization over time. ─── 例如,貨場(chǎng)經(jīng)理可以制作隨時(shí)間變化的貨場(chǎng)利用率圖表,從而得到關(guān)于容量減少的預警。

24、Thus the debasement of the currencies will continue making Gold more and more attractive as a hedge against the dwindling purchasing power and the loss of faith and confidence in paper currencies. ─── 因此，墮落的貨幣將繼續使越來(lái)越多的黃金的吸引力作為規避購買(mǎi)力的減少和喪失了信心和信任的紙貨幣。

25、And the Wall Street Journal said, the company is taking the advantage of Google's dwindling business in China to enlarge its shares. ─── 美國《華爾街日報》稱(chēng)，百度正利用谷歌在華業(yè)務(wù)的萎縮趁機做大。

26、Perhaps nothing better captures the blessedly dwindling appeal of Quebec sovereignty than this week's grim loyalists' manifesto. ─── 也許，沒(méi)有任何東西比本周由魁北克最堅定的魁獨分子所發(fā)出的聲明更能說(shuō)明問(wèn)題的了-那就是魁獨運動(dòng)在魁北克越來(lái)越?jīng)]有市場(chǎng)了。

27、But with dwindling goodwill from his good fellows and a huge price on his head, his days are numbered and he knows it. ─── 他明白：與同伙間日益惡化的關(guān)系以及大額的買(mǎi)命賞金，使他時(shí)日無(wú)多。

28、Dwindling and wasted crops, soaring prices, unsustainable farming practices are just some of the factors which combine to put vulnerable people at life-threatening risks. ─── 產(chǎn)量減少及浪費的農作物、物價(jià)高漲、不永續的耕作方式．．許多因素結合起來(lái)造成饑餓的人處在威脅生命的危險中。

29、If you're lucky, you might witness the incredible spectacle of a mass wildebeest migration or catch a glimpse of the plains' dwindling elephant and rhino populations, which have sadly been decimated by poachers. ─── 幸運的話(huà)，你還能目睹野生動(dòng)物大批遷徒的壯觀(guān)景象，欣賞原野上由于被偷獵者大量捕殺而日漸減少的大象群、牛群。

30、And from a practical point of view, this destruction of habitat contributes to the dwindling of fish stocks worldwide. ─── 并且從實(shí)際的角度來(lái)說(shuō)，這種對棲息環(huán)境的破壞促使了世界魚(yú)類(lèi)儲量的縮小。

31、The spiny echinoderms, a potential peril to swimmers stepping on rocks, feast on kelp, which is dwindling along California's coastline. ─── 做為一種多刺的棘皮類(lèi)動(dòng)物，海膽對于那些把腳放在暗礁上的海濱游泳者構成了潛在的威脅，這種動(dòng)物通常以大型海藻為食物，因此海藻在加州沿海地區正呈出日漸減少的趨勢。

32、"The chances of her giving Birth to a second live cub are dwindling,"said Pat Morris, the zoo's director of veterinary services, at least 24 hours after the initial delivery." ─── 在第一胎出生至少24小時(shí)后,動(dòng)物園獸醫主任帕特·莫里斯說(shuō):“第二胎存活的幾率在不斷降低?！?/p>

33、Switzerland has already been fretting over dwindling supplies of its beloved 'cervelat' sausage following a European Union ban on the Brazilian cows' intestines traditionally used to encase the meat. ─── 在歐盟禁止傳統上用來(lái)作為腸衣的巴西奶牛腸料之后，在瑞士，心愛(ài)的‘熏臘腸’的供應已經(jīng)越來(lái)越少。

34、That has left little spare production capacity and, in America at least, dwindling stocks. ─── 產(chǎn)能已經(jīng)沒(méi)有余量了，并且，至少在美國，庫存也在下降。

35、With two children in college, neither having been able to maintain their scholarships, not only was John and Alice's retirement dwindling but also their ability to make ends meet. ─── 兩個(gè)孩子上大學(xué)，一個(gè)都沒(méi)保住獎學(xué)金，倆人離退休越來(lái)越近了不說(shuō)，倆人維持生計的能力也越來(lái)越差了。

36、The farmers who work the paddies are graying and dwindling in number. ─── 在田地中勞作的農民越來(lái)越少。

37、She steps down with her political future cloud edby ethics probes, mounting legal bills and dwindling popularity. ─── 一名乘務(wù)員報告說(shuō)在星期天早上飛機降落后聞到了電氣氣味。

38、I do not like the dwindling of the rainbow skies bleak smile, I like the moonlight as water, flowing like the clear impression, and sparkling. ─── 我不喜歡虛浮的天空暗淡彩虹的微笑,我喜歡如水的月光,流水一樣清清亮亮,晶瑩剔透。

39、In an effort to save its dwindling cash, General Motors has said that it is accelerating its plan to close or sell off Saturn by the end of this year. ─── 為了挽救其不斷減少的現金，通用汽車(chē)公司說(shuō)，它正在加速其計劃關(guān)閉或出售土星的今年年底。

40、gest carmaker, plans to shore up dwindling cash reserves by offering almost all its plants and other automotive assets in the US as security for an $18bn loan package. ─── 全球第三大汽車(chē)制造商福特汽車(chē)公司，計劃將其在美國的幾乎所有工廠(chǎng)及其他汽車(chē)相關(guān)資產(chǎn)作為抵押，申請180億美元的融資貸款，以充實(shí)其不斷減少的現金儲備。

41、However, some scientists argue that other animals, such as foxes, are much more to blame for dwindling numbers of native species. ─── 但是，一些科學(xué)家提出異議說(shuō)，當地物種減少應更多地歸咎于其它動(dòng)物如狐貍。

42、The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. ─── 地球上野生動(dòng)物的數量正日漸減少。

43、People can survive under rubble for up to seven days, but dwindling air supply, injuries and dehydration take their toll on those clinging to life. ─── 人們在廢墟掩埋下最多能存活天,但是,空氣不足,受傷和脫水會(huì )加速死亡。

44、So fiscal positions are deteriorating and current account surpluses and deficits are dwindling everywhere, as the private sectors of deficit countries cut back their spending dramatically. ─── 因此，隨著(zhù)赤字國家私人部門(mén)大幅削減自己的支出，各國的財政狀況都在惡化，經(jīng)常賬戶(hù)盈余和赤字都在縮小。

45、Most of the dwindling takings are used to pay off winning bets. ─── 大部分減少的收入都被用于支付賽馬投中的獎金。

46、In science and technology lies the answer to the problems of dwindling resources. ─── 在科學(xué)和技術(shù)中蘊藏著(zhù)解決日益減少的資源問(wèn)題的答案。

47、But old friends are dwindling away year by year. They are originally few in number, so the disappearance of any of them is an irreparable loss to me. ─── 可是這些舊友一年比一年減少了，本來(lái)只是屈指可數的幾個(gè)，少去一個(gè)是無(wú)法彌補的。

48、Palm oil is just about 5 percent off a historic high of 2,764 ringgit reached in early June on robust demand from top importers China and India and dwindling supplies at home. ─── 與六月初由于中國和印度強大的進(jìn)口需求和國內的庫存下降而形成的歷史價(jià)格高位2,764相比，目前的棕櫚油價(jià)格下降約5%。

49、The population is dwindling. ─── 人囗在逐漸減少。

50、His own identity was fading out into a grey impalpable world: the solid world itself, which these dead had one time reared and lived in, was dissolving and dwindling. ─── 他自身正消融進(jìn)了一個(gè)難以捉摸的灰色世界:而這邊實(shí)實(shí)在在的世界卻正在消解、消失,這些死者曾經(jīng)一度生長(cháng)居住其中。

51、So even the best investors make mistakes, and Buffett later noted that purchasing Dexter was clearly a mistake on his part, due to its dwindling competitive advantages. ─── 因此，即使是最好的投資者也會(huì )出錯，巴菲特后來(lái)指出，由于其不斷萎縮的競爭優(yōu)勢，購買(mǎi)德克斯特顯然是他的一個(gè)錯誤。

52、Look alive, small biotech.Pfizer is looking to the little guys to save its skin as it faces dwindling profits and competition from generics in the coming years. ─── 當輝瑞面對逐漸縮小的利潤和日益劇烈的競爭的時(shí)候，它正在尋找那些小的生物技術(shù)公司來(lái)擺脫惡劣的局面。

53、"Meanwhile, students holding out on the square knew that their numbers were dwindling and that their protest was turning into a minor sidelight to a power struggle. ─── 大國論和強國主義再次吸引了一些中國知識分子，而這些知識分子當中就有特別反感文革反思和文革批判的。

54、It was intended to swallow every vestige of dwindling attractiveness out of her. ─── 它的目的就是從她那里吸干她正在萎縮的殘存的吸引力。

55、We acknowledge this when we honor the label" handmade" and pay extra for the jewelry, sweaters, and handbags turned out by the dwindling breeds of modern-day craftspeople. ─── 當我們開(kāi)始崇尚“手工制作”這一標志的時(shí)候，當我們?yōu)槟切┤找鏈p少的現代時(shí)期的手工者制作的珠寶，毛衣和手袋而支付額外的買(mǎi)金的時(shí)候，我們就開(kāi)始認可那個(gè)觀(guān)點(diǎn)了。

56、She found the number of species is dwindling and some species are dwarfing due to selection pressure because only the smallest flowers remain unpicked. ─── 她發(fā)現那些種類(lèi)在縮小和矮化病其原因在選擇的壓力因為只有很小的花保留未摘。

57、Land resources are dwindling because of water loss and soil erosion. ─── 因為水資源的浪費和土壤被侵蝕，土地資源逐漸縮小。

58、Prisons and jails took some of the biggest cuts this summer when legislators cut their state budgets, trying to slash their way out of an economic morass exacerbated by dwindling tax revenues. ─── 今年夏天，為了擺脫因稅收縮水而更趨惡化的經(jīng)濟困境，州議員大砍州政府預算，有些監獄和拘留所的經(jīng)費也大幅刪減。

59、The development comes as the top U.N. humanitarian official is in the country pressing for greater and immediate access to the dwindling combat zone. ─── 在此同時(shí)，在斯里蘭卡的聯(lián)合國高級**官員敦促斯里蘭卡政府讓它們能立即并在更大的范圍內進(jìn)入日益縮小的戰區。

60、The 2008 financial crisis that engulfed the world, it has been met with varying degrees of impact business card printing and membership card making business once dwindling. ─── 2008年金融危機席卷全球，各行各業(yè)都受到了不同程度的影響，制卡和會(huì )員卡制作行業(yè)一度陷入低迷。

61、EXPECTATIONS for the Copenhagen climate conference, held next month in Denmark, have been steadily dwindling. ─── 對即將在下個(gè)月丹麥舉行的哥本哈根氣候變化峰會(huì )的預期正逐步下降。

62、The number of nuclear families is dwindling in US just like many other western countries, according to a report issued the day before yesterday. ─── 前天發(fā)表的一份報告表明，和許多其他西方國家一樣，美國的核心家庭正在逐漸減少。

63、During the commodities boom, exports of farm equipment and construction machinery from companies such as Caterpillar and John Deere helped boost the state's economy.That support is now dwindling. ─── 在商品需求景氣期內，像卡特彼勒和約翰迪爾這些公司的農用設備和建筑機械出口還可以幫助拉動(dòng)經(jīng)濟，而現在這種支撐正在萎縮。

64、One could see in the roll of his eyes just how he had glanced covertly over the dwindling pile of chips at his step-father's party ─── 人們從他的亂轉的眼珠里能看出他怎樣貪夢(mèng)地盯著(zhù)他繼父那逐漸減少的籌碼。

65、If you are lucky, you might witness the incredible spectacle of a mass wildebeest migration or catch a glimpse of the plains' dwindling elephant and rhino populations, which have sadly been decimated by poachers. ─── 幸運的話(huà)，你還能目睹野生動(dòng)物大批遷徒的壯觀(guān)景象，欣賞原野上由于被偷獵者大量捕殺而日漸減少的大象群、犀牛群。

66、5. In many regions, greater aridity, shifting rainfall patterns and dwindling runoff from snow and ice in mountains may badly deplete rivers, lakes and aquifers. ─── 在很多地方，隨著(zhù)乾旱的惡化、雨周期的改變、及高山溶雪的減少，河川、泊、及含水土層的蓄水量可能會(huì )因此減少。

67、They mean little to the unemployed, whose bank savings are fast dwindling. ─── 對失去工作的人來(lái)說(shuō)，銀行存款快完了，這些意義不大。

68、Advertising Age reports that Fiat is seriously studying which lines and brands to keep - and Chrysler division, with its dwindling sales and weak offerings, could be on the chopping block. ─── 廣告時(shí)代報告說(shuō)，菲亞特是認真學(xué)習的線(xiàn)路和品牌保持-克萊斯勒司，其減少銷(xiāo)售和薄弱產(chǎn)品，可以在砧板。

69、there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family. ─── 人口的減少是由疾病引起的。

70、Follow the dwindling sphere with the mouse. Straying off makes you lose ... ─── 卡卡洛普聊天大廳*請輸入暱稱(chēng)(英文)進(jìn)入聊天吧！

71、They think food and energy prices can only rise for so long in a weak economy before dwindling demand for stuff cuts off the rise in prices. ─── 他們認為，在物品需求削減從而抑制物價(jià)上漲前，食品和能源的價(jià)格將在經(jīng)濟疲軟的美國繼續上升。

72、Officials blame bad weather, and pollution for the dwindling numbers of sturgeon - the fish whose eggs produce one of the world's priciest gourmet treats. ─── 俄國官員們抱怨說(shuō)惡劣的天氣、污染是鱘魚(yú)數量減少的原因--它的卵是世界上最昂貴的美味之一。

73、Support for a compromise, or at least for the fudge embodied by the continuing resolutions, is dwindling. ─── 對妥協(xié)，至少是繼續決議體現的敷衍方法的支持正在減少。

74、The number of people who live on the island is dwindling. ─── 島上的居民人數正在減少。

75、As the international financial crisis is still unfolding, resources for international development cooperation are dwindling. ─── 國際金融危機仍在持續，國際發(fā)展合作資源也因此在減少。

76、During the many mop-up operations that cut into the Empire's dwindling territories, Ackbar spearheaded numerous missions into Imperial space. ─── 在許多突入帝國殘存領(lǐng)土的清剿行動(dòng)中，阿克巴都身先士卒，多次進(jìn)入帝國空間執行任務(wù)。

77、In fact Palestinian political and militant groups are so fragmented, thanks in no small part to Israel's attempts to break them, that the chance of any of them imposing their will on the others is slight and dwindling. ─── 但事實(shí)上巴勒斯坦的政治力量和武裝派別星羅棋布，由于以色列并不打算消滅他們，其中任何一個(gè)組織將自己的意志強加于別的組織之上的可能性都微乎其微。

78、However with waters from the glacier dwindling, degenerating capacity for hydroelectricity that follows will impact industrial production and irrigation capacity, the latter of which in turn will result in agricultural reduction of output. ─── 但是，隨著(zhù)冰山水流的不斷減少，水利發(fā)電的能量潛力也將減少，工業(yè)生產(chǎn)將受到影響，同時(shí)灌溉能力的降低也將造成農業(yè)減產(chǎn)。

79、When consumer trust in the economy is dwindling, consumers will buy goods that have less impact on their available funds. ─── 當人們意識到經(jīng)濟在下滑的時(shí)候，他們會(huì )購買(mǎi)一些對其現有資金影響不大的商品。

80、Gbagbo's popular support may be dwindling as he cracks down on the population in his bid to cling to power. ─── 巴博總統的民眾支持可能會(huì )減少，因為他對人民的鎮壓，他為了攫取權力。

81、Right in principleYet Marxist thinking retains great influence far beyond the dwindling number who proclaim themselves to be Marxists. ─── 親愛(ài)的朋友，一個(gè)民族不能沒(méi)有精神，也不能沒(méi)有信仰。

82、Church attendance amongst Britain's youth may be dwindling but young Christians are turning to the Internet in droves to find love ─── 在英國，進(jìn)教堂做禮拜的年輕人越來(lái)越少了，年輕的基督徒們正在通過(guò)網(wǎng)絡(luò )尋找自己生命中的另一半。

83、Hunting aside, the number of frogs already were dwindling in Montserrat because of the active volcano. ─── 將捕獵放在一旁不談，由于活火山，在蒙特塞拉特這種青蛙的數目已經(jīng)不斷減少。

84、To cope, Germany will have to make the most of its dwindling workforce. ─── 勞動(dòng)力規模的縮減將削弱發(fā)展潛力，堵塞還債通道。

85、Over 100,000 people in Kerala are engaged in apiculture and the dwindling worker bee population poses a threat to their livelihood. ─── 喀拉拉省養蜂人口超過(guò)10萬(wàn)，工蜂數量減少已威脅他們生計。

86、Hopefully, this study will help society find the best way to help the dwindling wobbegong back from the brink of extinction. ─── 很期待，這個(gè)研究將會(huì )幫助這個(gè)社會(huì )，找到最好的方式，幫助正在減量的斑紋須鯊，從滅絕的邊緣挽回。

87、Discovered by outsiders in 1979, the crested iguana’s numbers are rapidly dwindling due to the brisk spread of introduced species, such as feral cats and black rats. ─── 冠鬣蜥自1979年被來(lái)自島外的人們發(fā)現以來(lái)，由于隨之引入的例如野貓和黑鼠等外來(lái)物種的迅速蔓延，他們的數量正在急劇縮減。

88、The situation is a far cry from the good old days. With student enrolment dwindling, the Japanese-language schools are struggling to survive. ─── 今非昔比，日語(yǔ)學(xué)校慘淡經(jīng)營(yíng)，學(xué)日語(yǔ)的學(xué)生人數每況愈下。

89、Being led to believe that old age is a nothing but a burden to others does not make the "dwindling" period any easier. ─── 即便你去相信，人老后只是他人的累贅，“老化”的階段也不會(huì )變得容易。