shrank

释义

shrink的过去式 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

例句

But it contained one very interesting piece of data: in 2008, for the first time in sixteen years, the finance and insurance industry shrank.

但是，这份报告里有一项非常耐人寻味的数据：在2008年，金融保险业出现近十六年来的首次萎缩。

The physician who lives in the Chicago area invested heavily in stocks, only to cringe as the value of his portfolio shrank 42% over the last decade.

这位医生住在芝加哥地区，将大量投资投入到股票上，只有在他的投资价值于过去十年缩水42%的事实才令他退缩。