The world's resources are rapidly diminishing.

世界资源正在迅速减少。

Campaigners are shining a spotlight on the world's diminishing natural resources.

从事这场运动的人要使公众注意到世界上的自然资源日益减少。

The government now supports the elderly, diminishing the need for children.

政府现在支持老年人，减少了对于儿童数量的需求（的关注）。

There are those who consider it questionable that these defense-linked research projects will either improve our standard of living or do much to protect our diminishing resources.

有些人怀疑这些与国防有关的研究项目能否提高我们的生活水平，或者对保护我们日益减少的资源能否起到很大的作用。

This was debated eagerly at first, but with diminishing coherence as the champagne took hold.

辩论一开始满热烈的，可是上了香槟后，条理性就降低了。

Such strict parents should know the law of diminishing returns (收益递减).

这样严格的父母应该知道收益递减规律。

The value of a college degree is diminishing, and our upward mobility is declining.

大学学位正在逐渐贬值，我们的向上流动也在放缓。

The technologies themselves, and their makers, are the easiest suspects to blame for our diminishing attention spans.

技术本身，以及它们的制造者，最容易被怀疑是造成我们注意力持续下降的罪魁祸首。

Wood, the primary source of heat for homes and industries and also used in the iron industry as processed charcoal, was diminishing in supply.

木材是家庭和工业的主要热源，也以加工木炭的形式用于铁工业，它的正在减少。

In the state sector, the excessive focus on English, maths and science threatens to crush arts subjects; meanwhile, reduced school budgets mean diminishing extracurricular activities.

在国家层面，对英语、数学和科学的过度关注给艺术学科带来了威胁；与此同时，学校预算的减少意味着课外活动的减少。

Functions include protecting the liver, improving the function of the liver, promoting biliation and diminishing liver inflammation.

功能包括保护肝脏，改善肝脏功能，促进胆汁分泌和减轻肝脏炎症。

I was flying in ever-diminishing circles.

我在一个越来越小的圈子里兜兜转转。

Yet the advantages of dynasty are diminishing.

但是王朝的优势正在逐渐缩小。

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。

But even there, the risk is of diminishing returns.

但是，即便在这方面，也存在收益递减的风险。

Still, oil and gasoline are diminishing resources.

然而，石油和汽油是日益枯竭的资源。

At any rate, the size of new fields is diminishing.

无论怎样，新油田的规模都在减小。

But this strategy is now yielding diminishing returns.

但是这种策略的回报越来越低。

And yet another way of diminishing responsibility is anonymity.

再有一种减少责任的办法就是匿名。

Yet he believes many have reached a point of diminishing returns.

然而，他认为，许多已经达到了收益递减点。

The key is finding the point of diminishing returns for your team.

关键是找到减少对团队的回报的要点。

And more, since greenhouse gas emissions show no signs of diminishing.

更重要的是，自从温室气体并没有显示更减少。

As for educational growth, it has clearly reached diminishing returns.

至于教育方面，显然它的回报也将递减。

She calculates 40 hours as almost exactly her point of diminishing returns.

她认为自己的收益递减点差不多刚好是40个小时。

This causes less water to be released, diminishing the tree's cooling power.

这样引起更少水分释放，减弱树木降温能力。

For many products, labor is a small and diminishing fraction of total costs.

对于很多产品来说，劳力占总成本的份额很小并且越来越少。

For many products, labour is a small and diminishing fraction of total costs.

对于很多产品来说，人工费用占总成本的比例越来越小。

Businesses will soon be caught up in this spiral of ever-diminishing confidence.

商业将很快被卷入信心不断下滑的恶性循环中。