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1 词典释义:
shrink
时间: 2024-05-12 18:02:32
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英 [ʃrɪŋk]

vi.退缩;畏缩;

vt.使收缩;使萎缩;

n.精神病学家;精神病医生;精神分析学家;退缩;畏缩;缩小;萎缩;

  • 复数: shrinks;
  • 第三人称单数: shrinks;
  • 过去式: shrank; shrunk;
  • 过去分词: shrunk; shrunken;
  • 现在分词: shrinking;
双语例句
  • I've seen a shrink already.

    我已经看过了精神病医生。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • All wood tends to shrink.

    所有的木头都会收缩。

    《牛津词典》
  • If you give up exercise, your muscles shrink and fat increases. By the same token, if you expend more energy you will lose fat.

    如果你放弃锻炼,肌肉就会萎缩,脂肪会增多。同样地,如果你消耗较多的体能,你就会减掉脂肪。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Woollen fabrics shrink in the wash.

    毛织物一洗就缩水。

  • How much must we allow for the shrink?

    要留多少缩水长度?

    《新英汉大辞典》
  • This cloth will not shrink in the wash.

    这布不缩水。

    《新英汉大辞典》
  • The economy is forecast to shrink by around 8% this year.

    预计今年经济将萎缩8%左右。

  • After years of good growth, the economy will shrink this year.

    经过多年的良好增长,今年的经济将会萎缩。

  • There are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink.

    最近有迹象表明,这一差距可能开始缩小。

  • Let us act and not shrink for fear our motives be misunderstood.

    让我们行动起来,不要因为担心我们的动机遭到误解而退缩。

  • Yet there are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink.

    然而,最近有迹象表明,这一差距可能开始缩小。

  • Finally, the bone supporting the teeth is attacked and starts to shrink.

    最后,支撑牙齿的骨头损坏,开始萎缩。

  • In the next few years, the nation's wealth will either stagnate or shrink.

    在接下来的几年里,这个国家的财富不是停滞就是缩水。

  • The Clarks' hypothesis, if correct, means tropical forests would shrink over time.

    如果克拉克的假设是正确的,这就意味着热带森林会随着时间的推移而缩小。

  • He thought that at any time, the butterfly might spread its wings, shrink the body.

    他认为,在任何时候,蝴蝶都可能展开翅膀,收缩自己的身体。

  • Despite the celebrations,though, in the U.S. the jazz audience continues to shrink .

    尽管设立了纪念日,在美国爵士的观众数量仍持续缩减。

  • The financial sector's share of the economy will shrink, and stay shrunk for years to come.

    金融部门在经济中所占的份额将会缩小,并在未来几年里继续缩小。

  • Certain parts shrink, especially areas in the brain that are important to learning, memory and planning.

    某些部分会萎缩,尤其是大脑中那些对学习、记忆和计划十分重要的区域。

  • For a shirt verminously busy, yon soldier tore from his throat with oaths. Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.

    因为衬衫满是虫,那个士兵扯开嗓子咒骂起来。上帝可能会退缩,但虱子不会。

  • If you want to capture a large old fort, you must have a lot of cannons to deal with the enemies who shrink in the castle.

    如果你想攻占一个大型的旧式堡垒,你必须要有很多大炮来对付那些缩在城堡中的敌人。

  • The fallen angels are entering the magnificent structure of pandemonium, and at one instant all of the angels shrink in order to fit into the building.

    堕落的天使们正在进入建筑宏伟的万魔殿,突然,所有的天使们为了适应这座建筑而缩小,无论它有多大。

  • Our hope is that if we feed blueberry juice to a child with this type of tumour, we can intervene and shrink the tumour before it becomes a big problem.

    我们的希望是,如果我们给患有这种肿瘤的儿童喂蓝莓汁,我们就能在其成为大问题之前进行干预并缩小肿瘤。

  • If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says, it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

    贝利说,如果经济再次开始萎缩,就有充分的理由实施第二次刺激方案——奥巴马政府希望他们不必这样做。

  • The proposed budget includes more than $1 billion in cuts that will shrink the police department through attrition, have halted some ambulance shifts, and have suspended plastic and glass recycling.

    拟议的预算包括超过10亿美元的削减,这将通过减员来缩小警察部门的规模,已经停止了一些救护车的班次,并暂停了塑料和玻璃回收。

  • He is decisive and won't shrink from a fight.

    他很果断,而且不会逃避战斗。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • They did not shrink from doing what was right.

    只要做得对,他们就无所畏惧。

    《牛津词典》
  • We made it clear to them that we would not shrink from confrontation.

    我们向他们清楚地表明,我们不会畏避交锋。

    《牛津词典》
  • Despite the celebrations, though, in the US the jazz audience continues to shrink.

    尽管有庆祝活动,但在美国,爵士乐的听众仍在不断减少。

  • In the face of unfair social phenomenon, we should not shrink from defending social justice.

    面对不公平的社会现象,我们不能逃避捍卫社会正义。

  • I want to conclude with problems, which may sound kind of negative but this is—I don't shrink from negativism.

    我想以问题来结束,这听起来可能有点否定意味,但这是——我不会逃避否定。

短语搭配
  • shrink from

    退避;在…前面畏缩

  • shrink into oneself

    缩成一团;变得沉默

  • shrink film

    收缩薄膜

  • shrink fit

    烧嵌;热配合;冷缩配合

  • shrink wrap

    收缩包裹;热缩塑料包

近义词
vi. 收缩;畏缩
vt. 使缩小,使收缩
n. 收缩
反义词
同义词辨析

condense, compress, contract, shrink

这些动词均含\收缩,压缩\之意。

  • condense : 指将东西压缩得更紧密、紧凑,但不失去原有的内容。

  • compress : 指把乱而不成形的东西压成一定形状。

  • contract : 主要指以内、外部力量进行紧缩,也可用作引申。

  • shrink : 侧重指因收缩而达不到原有的长度、体积或容积。

考纲分布

12年出现 1

重要程度
  • 100%

    v 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

考纲释义
  • v. 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

    英文释义:

    become or make smaller in size or amount

    真题例句:

    • In the U. S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

      在美国,爵士乐观众继续减少并变老,音乐未能与年轻一代联系起来。

      [2017年 全国卷1 阅读理解]
真题例句
  • Indeed official figures suggest the country has shrunk by 5% since 1993 and people in Russia live a shorter life now than those in 1961.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文
  • The death of Russians may result in a shrinking population, which would damage its economic future.

    2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设
  • The Jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.

    2017年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
考纲分布

12年出现 16

重要程度
  • 100%

    v 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

考纲释义
  • v. 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

    英文释义:

    become or make smaller in size or amount

    真题例句:

    • Forests are fast shrinking in many developing countries.

      在许多发展中国家,森林正在迅速减少。

      [2020年 CET4 阅读理解C]
    • The brain ages just like the rest of the body. Certain parts shrink, especially areas in the brain that are important to learning, memory and planning.

      大脑就像身体的其他部分一样会老化。某些部分会缩小,尤其是大脑中对学习,记忆和计划很重要的区域。

      [2018年 CET4 阅读理解]
    • But this and other price shocks were event-driven-drought in the Soviet Union, crop-shrinking heat in the U.S. Corn Belt.

      但这次和其他价格冲击都是事件导致的,比如苏联的干旱、导致美国玉米作物减产的高温。

      [2016年 CET4 阅读理解]
真题例句
  • Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder, with the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand.

    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • Its purpose is to build and maintain bone and muscle mass, both of which shrink with age.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • com, predicts that the recession will shrink America's economy by

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
考纲分布

12年出现 18

重要程度
  • 100%

    v 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

  • 0%

    v (因恐惧/厌恶)退缩

考纲释义
  • v. 减少; 缩水; 皱缩

    英文释义:

    become or make smaller in size or amount

    真题例句:

    • The growth in public agricultural research spending peaked in the 1970s and has been shrinking ever since.

      公共农业研究支出的增长在20世纪70年代达到顶峰,此后一直在萎缩。

      [2021年 CET6 听力]
    • In the past 12 months, Nigeria has suffered from a shrinking economy, a sliding currency, and a prolonged fuel shortage.

      在过去的12个月中,尼日利亚(Nigeria)饱受经济萎缩、货币贬值及长期燃料短缺的困扰。

      [2017年 CET6 阅读理解]
    • Its flagship stores in major U.S. cities depend heavily on international tourist spending, which shrank at many retailers due to a strong dollar.

      它在美国主要城市的旗舰店非常依赖国际游客的消费,由于美元强势,许多零售商的国际游客消费有所减少。

      [2017年 CET6 阅读理解]
  • v. (因恐惧/厌恶)退缩

    英文释义:

    be averse to or unwilling to do something difficult or unappealing

真题例句
  • Yet there are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • But now these segments are looking at slower growth curves – or shrinking markets in some cases – as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.

    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • They have stagnant (萧条的) or shrinking markets for goods and services.

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • What is said to be the consequence of a shrinking population

    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • But at a time when the American factory seems to be a shrinking presence, and when good manufacturing jobs have vanished, perhaps never to return, there is something deeply troubling about this dilution of American craftsmanship.

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time

    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones.

    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • It's a product he believes could help solve future global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.

    出自-2012年6月听力原文
  • During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.

    2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • If the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says, it would make a strong case for a second stimulus—something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

    2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
考纲分布

18年出现 4

重要程度
  • 75%

    v 减少; 缩小

  • 25%

    v 缩水; 皱缩

  • 0%

    v 退缩; 畏缩; 避开

考纲释义
  • v. 减少; 缩小

    英文释义:

    to become or to make sth smaller in size or amount

    真题例句:

    • The percentage of UK graduates in non-graduate roles reflects the shrinking value of a degree.

      英国毕业生担任非毕业生职位的比例,反映出学位价值的缩水。

      [2022年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • The shrinking demand for postal service.

      对邮政服务的需求日益减少。

      [2018年 英语一 阅读理解A]
    • Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has not shrunk in this one.

      收入不平等通常会在经济衰退期间下降,但在这次衰退中并没有缩小。

      [2012年 英语二 阅读理解A]
  • v. 缩水; 皱缩

    英文释义:

    become smaller as a result of being immersed in water

  • v. 退缩; 畏缩; 避开

    英文释义:

    to move back or away from something because you are frightened or shocked

必考派生词
  • shrinkagen. 收缩;皱缩;缩水;损耗容许量

  • shrinkingv. 退缩;(shrink的现在分词)

用法讲解
  • shrink作动词时,可作及物动词,也可作不及物动词。作及物动词时,其后可接名词或代词,如:Soap will shrink woolen clothes. 肥皂会使羊毛衣服缩水。