(数量、强度、重要性等)逐渐减少的;减弱的;降低的。(常作形容词/现在分词,来自动词 diminish “减少、削弱”。)
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ/
The noise is diminishing.
噪音正在减弱。
With each passing year, his influence in the company was diminishing, as new leaders emerged and priorities changed.
随着一年年过去,随着新领导出现、优先事项改变,他在公司里的影响力逐渐下降。
Diminishing 来自动词 diminish,源于中古英语,经过古法语 diminuer,再追溯到拉丁语 diminuere,意为“使变小、削减”(词根含“减少、变小”的概念)。因此它常用来描述“程度在变小/变弱”的过程。