| 单词 | spiral downwards |
| 释义 | (phrasal verb) Definition to increase or decrease with steady acceleration House prices will continue to spiral downwards. Synonyms decline a declining birth rate fall Her weight fell as she excerised more and ate healthily. drop Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. sink Our hopes were sinking fast. shrink The vast forests have shrunk. decrease Population growth is decreasing each year. deteriorate There are fears that the situation may deteriorate. fall off Unemployment is rising again and retail buying has fallen off. dwindle The factory's workforce has dwindled. wane His interest in art to wane. ebb There were occasions when my enthusiasm ebbed. Additional synonymsin the sense of decrease Definition to make or become less in size, strength, or quantity Population growth is decreasing each year. Synonyms drop, decline, lessen, contract, lower, ease, shrink, diminish, fall off, dwindle, wane, subside, abate, peter out, slackenin the sense of deteriorate Definition to become worse There are fears that the situation may deteriorate. Synonyms decline, worsen, degenerate, fall, fail, drop, slip, sink, slide, slump, degrade, depreciate, go downhill, go to the dogs (informal), go down the tubes (informal), go to pot, go to rack and ruin, be the worse for wear (informal) in the sense of drop Definition to decrease in amount, strength, or value Temperatures can drop to freezing at night. Synonyms fall, lower, sink, decline, plunge, slump, diminish, decrease, plummet, dwindle, lessen, slackenNearby words of |
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