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单词 wind-down
释义 ˈwind-down colloq.
[f. vbl. phr. to wind down: see wind v.1 21.]
The process of bringing or coming to an end; a gradual reduction in scale.
1969Time 21 Feb. 29 The campaign heralds the official wind-down of the Cultural Revolution, a finale that is to climax in ‘all-round victory’.1971New 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.].1971Guardian 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.
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