单词 | wind-down |
释义 | wind-downn. colloquial. The process of bringing or coming to an end; a gradual reduction in scale. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > gradual wastinga1425 leakage1642 dwindle1779 dwindling1884 rundown1890 diminuendo1891 phase-down1958 wind-down1969 tail-off1975 build-down1983 1969 Time 21 Feb. 29 The campaign heralds the official wind-down of the Cultural Revolution, a finale that is to climax in ‘all-round victory’. 1971 New Scientist 8 July 95/3 The reduction in the number of students.., the cutback in..spending, the cancellation of the SST, the wind-down of space exploration, [etc.]. 1971 Guardian Weekly 25 Dec. 3 Even now, with the virtual completion of the wind-down begun in 1970, the military break with Indochina is not complete. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1969 |
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