My white shirt shrank in the wash.
我的白衬衫缩水了
There is a
shrinking demand for newspapers these years.
近年来，对报纸的需求越来越少。
He will not shrink from the battle.
他不会在战斗中退缩。
The sweater shrank in the wash, and now it's too small for me.
这件毛衣洗后缩水了，现在对我来说太小了。
The company had to shrink its workforce due to financial difficulties.
由于财务困难，公司不得不裁员。
The economy is showing signs of
shrinking as unemployment rates rise.
随着失业率上升，经济显示出萎缩的迹象。
The grass has shrunk back from the hot sidewalk.
草在炎热的人行道边缘萎缩了。
After a long day in the sun, the flowers began to wilt and shrink.
在阳光下度过漫长的一天后，花开始枯萎收缩。
The ice cube shrank gradually as it melted in the glass.
冰块在玻璃杯中慢慢融化而变小。
The budget for the project was slashed, forcing us to shrink our ambitions.
项目预算被大幅削减，迫使我们降低了目标。
Her confidence seemed to shrink when she faced public speaking.
当她面对公众演讲时，她的自信心似乎减弱了。
The population of the town has shrunk by 10% over the past decade.
过去十年里，这个城镇的人口减少了10%。
The company's market share has shrunk significantly due to increased competition.
由于竞争加剧，公司的市场份额大幅缩水。
Oh, my gosh, they must have shrunk them in the wash!
天呐，他们肯定是用水洗导致衣服都缩水了！
The announcement came after the property market kept going downward, the gross profit margin continued to shrink and the foreign exchange market fluctuated, leaving the company with great challenges.
该公告发布之前，房地产市场持续下跌，毛利率持续萎缩，外汇市场波动，给公司带来了巨大挑战。
The loss came after the property market kept going downward, the gross profit margin continued to shrink and the foreign exchange market fluctuated, said the filing.
该文件称，亏损发生在房地产市场持续下跌、毛利率持续萎缩和外汇市场波动之后。
Luxury consumption in China's domestic market is on the rise, given the shrinking price gap between overseas markets and the domestic market, and deeper understanding of luxury goods among the younger generation of consumers, said Zhong of Wushang group.
武商集团的钟表示，鉴于海外市场和国内市场之间的价格差距不断缩小，以及年轻一代消费者对奢侈品的理解不断加深，中国国内市场的奢侈品消费正在上升。
Since 2003, despite shrinking oil reserves — a common problem among older oilfields — Daqing has managed to strengthen on-site management and improve production control with the help of new technologies.
自2003年以来，尽管石油储量不断减少——这是老油田的一个常见问题——大庆还是设法加强了现场管理，并借助新技术改进了生产控制。
The retailer has suffered from shrinking market share and a loss of profits, resulting in the closing of many underperforming stores in some cities over the past two years.
过去两年，这家零售商的市场份额不断缩小，利润不断亏损，导致一些城市许多表现不佳的商店关闭。
The company's sales in the first nine months of 2022 reached some $112 million, with its net loss in the period shrinking to $23 million, according to its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
根据该公司向美国证券交易委员会提交的文件，该公司2022年前九个月的销售额达到约1.12亿美元，同期净亏损降至2300万美元。
com, has plans to rejuvenate its shrinking hypermarkets into community shopping centers that offer services for families and upgrade its supply chains after closing many underperforming stores in some cities in the country in the past two years.
在过去两年关闭了中国一些城市许多表现不佳的商店后，com计划将其不断萎缩的大卖场重新打造成为家庭提供服务的社区购物中心，并升级其供应链。
Profits earned by China's industrial firms contracted at a faster pace in January-November, as renewed COVID-19 outbreaks and shrinking demand curbed factory activity, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
根据国家统计局的数据，由于新冠肺炎疫情再次爆发和需求萎缩抑制了工厂活动，中国工业企业的利润在1月至11月以更快的速度收缩。
Zhu said the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to weigh on the recovery of industrial profits in the short term, and it also faces multiple pressures from shrinking demand, supply shocks weakening expectations.
朱表示，新冠肺炎疫情将在短期内继续影响工业利润的恢复，同时还面临需求萎缩、供应冲击削弱预期等多重压力。
In terms of OLED supply, Samsung Display is expected to remain the top market player next year but its market share is expected to shrink with its dominant position challenged as Chinese panel manufacturers have entered the small and medium-sized OLED market, Omdia said.
Omdia表示，在OLED供应方面，预计三星显示器明年将继续是最大的市场参与者，但随着中国面板制造商进入中小型OLED市场，其市场份额预计将缩小，其主导地位将受到挑战。
However, analysts said domestic vaccine producers must face the reality of shrinking demand for COVID-19 vaccines, and refocus on product quality improvements while strengthening efforts to better meet disease prevention goals in both global and domestic markets.
然而，分析人士表示，国内疫苗生产商必须面对新冠肺炎疫苗需求萎缩的现实，在加强努力以更好地实现全球和国内市场的疾病预防目标的同时，重新关注产品质量改进。
"Under such circumstances, the main business of Qudian is shrinking and its core competitiveness is gradually losing, so it is urgent to explore new business growth points," said Mo, adding that ready-to-eat food might be the last lifesaving straw.
莫表示：“在这种情况下，趣店的主营业务正在萎缩，其核心竞争力正在逐渐丧失，因此迫切需要探索新的业务增长点。”他补充道，即食食品可能是最后的救命稻草。
Skincare brand Biossance has felt the pinch of shrinking air freight capacity and rising costs overshadowed by the global impact of the pandemic, according to Kenny Wong, supply chain manager of the brand's Tmall Global flagship store.
护肤品牌Biosance的天猫国际旗舰店供应链经理Kenny Wong表示，由于疫情的全球影响，该品牌感受到了航空货运能力的萎缩和成本的上升。
During a share repurchase program, a company buys back its own shares from the marketplace, shrinking the number of outstanding shares.
在股票回购计划中，一家公司从市场上回购自己的股票，从而减少已发行股票的数量。
Kantar Worldpanel said that in the past three years, the market share of domestic brands, particularly in fast-moving consumer goods categories, has been rising while that of imported brands has been shrinking.
Kantar Worldpanel表示，在过去三年中，国产品牌的市场份额一直在上升，尤其是在快速消费品类别中，而进口品牌的市场占有率一直在下降。
Based on public information, the couple's stake in SOHO China would shrink to 9 percent if the deal succeeds.
根据公开的信息，如果交易成功，潘张二人在SOHO中国的股份将被稀释至9%。
The group's other listed units were all impacted by the shrinking profit with Evergrande dropping more than 6 percent as of Thursday noon, and Evergrande Property Services going down over 3 percent.
该集团的其他上市公司均受到利润缩水的影响，截至周四中午，中国恒大下跌超过6%，恒大物业下跌超过3%。
Importantly, this new growth model will help China meet its pledge to shrink its carbon footprint by at least 65 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
而且,这一新的增长模式将帮助中国实现到2030年时将碳强度较2005年水平降低65%以上的承诺。
The United States remains the biggest market for the clothing retailer, while revenue from Asia continues to shrink and accounted for about 5 percent of the total, data compiled by Bloomberg showed.
据Bloomberg汇编的数据，美国仍是这家服装零售商的最大市场，而亚洲的收入持续萎缩，约占总营收的5%。
The US remains the biggest market for the clothing retailer, while revenue from Asia continues to shrink and accounts for about 5 percent of the total, data compiled by Bloomberg shows.
据Bloomberg汇编的数据，美国仍是这家服装零售商的最大市场，而亚洲地区的营收持续萎缩，约占总营收的5%。
Tan said the company has poured great efforts into the reform of its life insurance business, saying it is essential for the sustainable development of the business as demographic dividends of the country shrink.
他表示，公司已大力推动寿险业务改革，称鉴于中国人口红利缩小，这是业务可持续发展的必要条件。
Despite the production rate shrinking by 30 percent to 40 percent compared with the level recorded last year, the delivery volume in China is expected to account for 20 percent of the total worldwide if it can meet the target.
Despite the shrinking of the global trade market and rising protectionism, Ning said that the dual-cycle development pattern will help Chinese companies to better adapt to the current global business environment.
The juice drinks segment, which has a larger share, is predicted to shrink both in value and volume.
At the same time we were helping them drive strategic cash flow management, staying proactive against the impact of shrinking demand resulting from the global lockdown.
With shrinking demand, business volume experienced a year-to-year decline.
"The group's structural adjustment on revenue sources and production procedures－and variation of products－helps it tackle overcapacity of phosphate fertilizer (on which the group's income relies heavily) and hedge risks from continuously shrinking market demand," He said.
With the wealth of Warren Buffett, the richest investor in the world, shrinking $19 billion, the world's top 100 billionaires lost $408 billion in two months, wiping out all the gains made in the past two and a half years, according to the wealth impact two months after the COVID-19 outbreak as analyzed by Hurun.
Facing challenges arising from intensifying downward economic pressure and the further shrink in oil prices, the company vowed to uphold innovation strategies and promote high-quality development.
Liang Zhenpeng, a consumer electronics analyst, said it was an inevitable trend that the camera market was shrinking and camera makers had to seek new growth points, expand product chains and move toward diversified portfolios.
Liang Zhenpeng, a consumer electronics analyst said it is an inevitable trend that the camera market is shrinking and traditional camera makers have to seek new growth points, expand product chains and move toward diversified portfolios.
Ren Shunying, chief investment officer at Siasun Robot Investment Co Ltd, said the decline of China's industrial robots is partly the result of the shrinking automotive sector, which has been among the largest users of industrial robots in plants.
While traditional demand is shrinking, a new market is emerging and expanding in e-commerce, fueled by urbanization and a growing middle-income group.
Only two of the top 10 entrepreneurs saw their fortunes shrink, while the rest rose.
Such incentive measures will rekindle consumers' confidence and optimism, which has been shrinking for many months.
Both Boeing and Airbus have seen deliveries of their four-engine jumbo jets shrink in recent years as airlines prefer modern fuel-efficient twin-engine passenger jets.
Facing shrinking profit margins and downward pressure of the industry, the world-leading nonferrous enterprise remained profitable, reporting growth in all of its major business segments, the company said.
How soon do you think the LED business can compensate for this shrinking in revenue?
Liang Zhenpeng, a consumer electronics analyst, said it was an inevitable trend that the camera market was shrinking and traditional camera makers had to seek new growth points, expand product chains and move toward diversified portfolios.
Through technology, we can digitally shrink the distance between nodes of the supply chain, advance transparency and empower consumers.
Apple reported shrinking sales revenue in China across all of its leading products, including iPhones, Macs and iPads.
The company spun off several businesses last year to generate cash and shrink its footprint.
Last year's No 1, Xu Jiayin, chairman of real estate developer Evergrande Group, was demoted to second place this year, with his wealth shrinking $6 billion to $36 billion.
Last year's No1 Xu Jiayin, chairman of real estate developer Evergrande, has been dislodged to the second spot this year, with his wealth shrinking by $6 billion to $36 billion.
A rising awareness of weight management among young Chinese, a generation growing up with health concerns such as obesity and diabetes has caused the shrinking size of the confectionery market in China, said Zhu Danpeng, an independent food analyst based in Guangzhou.
"China's exports of textiles to the US are expected to shrink if the US tariff list targeting $200 billion worth of Chinese goods takes effect, Li Jie, an analyst at Everbright Securities, wrote in a research note.
Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo Inc is further shrinking its overseas presence, by laying off staff and closing its business in several cities in the United States, according to reports by US media.
He realized that as the standard of spoken English among Chinese people improved, his profit margins were shrinking.
He said he was happy with TCL's growth considering the TV business is shrinking in the world market.
Travel time from San Francisco to Shanghai, for example, could shrink from 11 hours to just 6 hours and a typical round-trip itinerary could be accomplished two full days faster, according to Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom.
A groundbreaking new cancer drug with the power to shrink tumours could soon provide an alternative to chemotherapy.
In its transformation from a property seller to a landlord, SOHO encountered shrinking revenue as rents generated this way were incomparable to the sales revenue of properties.
However, Alibaba's buying spree - which covers brick-and-mortar retailers, department stores and logistics businesses - has dented its profitability, with its operating margin shrinking to 31 percent in the last quarter, from 39 percent a year earlier.
The company said Monday that it would moderately shrink the production capacity of middle-and-low-end liquor, enhance sales promotion and promote the integration of its liquor businesses.
While its sales numbers have been shrinking, Toys R Us still sells about 20 percent of the toys bought in the US, according to Stephanie Wissink, an analyst at Jefferies LLC.
With the market continuing to shrink in China, smartphone vendors, including Xiaomi, must contend with slower growth for their smartphone business as they begin to expand in other countries," said Xiang Ligang, CEO of telecoms industry website Cctime.
Uber's valuation is shrinking due to its operation problems while we witness Didi is ascending in overseas markets through cooperating with local partners," Zhang added.
The shrinking volume of traditional vehicles will force DEP to seek new growth points in the new energy vehicle industry, he said.
M&S will speed up plans to close 30 stores in the UK and relocate, or shrink, 45 others during the next five years.
"The compact camera market has been shrinking rapidly, leading to a significant decrease in the operating rate at NIC and creating a difficult business environment," said the announcement.
"The compact camera market has been shrinking rapidly, leading to a significant decrease in the operating rate at NIC and creating a difficult business environment," the announcement said.
In the face of challenges in the broadband market and shrinking revenue from fixed-line voice services, China Unicom is swiftly expanding its business territory, with more energy channeled into sectors such as cloud computing, Internet of Things and big data.
Yale added while business only took off in past two years in the country, the gap between China and the US has been shrinking as major technology companies, such as Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei, amplify their investment in this area quickly.
Under downward pressure, China's steel sector, already burdened by overcapacity, has been hurt by shrinking demand.
"The competition and shrinking market forced serval brands to close.
In an increasingly crowded field of places to eat, the number of McDonald's locations in the US is set to shrink for the third year in a row.
The report found that the relative contribution of Wanda's commercial property operations continued to shrink.
He has seen the shrinking of supply of new land for development; he is aware of rising home prices; he knows more young residents are turning from homebuyers to tenants.
The merger was in line with the country's aim to raise the competitiveness of SOEs, bringing technology and research capabilities to companies such as China Hi-Tech Group, which is in an industry with shrinking revenues, said Li Jin, chief researcher with the China Enterprise Research Institute.
Yet, both firms have felt the pinch of largely stagnant sales and shrinking market share in a country that once boosted their balance sheets.
Although the figure dropped 8 percent last year from 2022, it was still the third highest in history, on a high base and amid shrinking cross-country investment globally, triggered by slowing world economic growth, rising geopolitical risks and weakening external demand.
Experts say demographics, education system need to be optimized to ensure stabilityWith China's aging and shrinking working population posing challenges for the country's job market and economic development, experts have called for more efforts to optimize the population structure and education system to ensure sustainable development.
"She said the working population would continue to shrink.
High-tech and equipment manufacturing sectors recorded rapid growth while textiles, ferrous metals mining and property-related industries reported shrinking profits, he said.
Because of the rapidly aging domestic demographics, the economy's potential growth rate may indeed shrink during this process.
由于国内人口老龄化进程加快，经济的潜在增长率在此过程中确实可能下降。
The global economy will be affected and demand for commodities, which is closely related to production, will shrink.
"Goldman Sachs is upbeat about the investment opportunities for commodities in the next 12 months although the overall risk appetite has been shrinking.
Speaking at a weekly news conference in Beijing, Shu Jueting, spokeswoman for the ministry, said China's export volume has gone from shrinking to expanding since August, with the growth rate continuously expanding.
Despite facing challenges like shrinking external demand, geopolitical impacts and difficult transformations by domestic manufacturers, they said that the diversification and decentralization of China's export markets have contributed to the stability of foreign trade.
Xiao Gang, former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, said the Chinese economy has seen continuous recovery this year but still faces multiple challenges, ranging from shrinking external demand and insufficient domestic demand to restrictions imposed by some Western economies on China and the competition from other emerging economies.
Higher agricultural productivity would thus help release workers into the wider economy, easing the demographic headwinds from a shrinking working-age population.
Meanwhile, diversification of trading partners and better harnessing of the export commodity basket will help alleviate the impact of shrinking orders from Europe and the United States, Liu said, adding that high-level free trade agreements, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, with their benefits including tariff reduction and speedy customs clearance, will be leveraged to explore potential opportunities.
With shrinking export orders from the Chinese mainland, manufacturers in Taiwan will not easily find a huge market elsewhere, Xiang added.
This is due to several differences — to be discussed below — between China's current economic situation and that of Japan in the past, even though they hold some common issues such as low population growth, shrinking labor supply and real estate bubbles.
Private enterprises, which contribute more than half of the country's foreign trade, may have borne the brunt, Gong said, calling for encouraging more participation of private enterprises in the country's infrastructure stimulus campaigns in order to help them tackle shrinking export orders.
More importantly, China's trade with Japan and South Korea is also shrinking.
The official purchasing managers index for China's manufacturing sectorxa0edged up to 49 in June from 48.8 in May, shrinking for the third consecutive month, data from the NBS showed.
Multiple pressures from shrinking demand, supply shocks and weakening expectations have been relieved to some extent, Liu said, adding the market retreat has bottomed out and staged a rebound.
French hypermarket chain Carrefour has closed underperforming stores in the last two years due to losses and shrinking market share.
China should step up policy support to shore up exports and boost domestic consumption for sustaining growth and economic recovery amid multiple headwinds including stubbornly high inflation abroad and shrinking external demand, officials and experts said on Thursday.
Shrinking external demand will be a major drag on China's foreign trade for some time, Zhou said.
In contrast, tourism-dependent states, such as Hawaii, saw the number of jobs supported by exports to China shrink by 69 percent, a loss of an estimated 1,900 jobs, according to the report.
Meanwhile, firms maintained a cautious approach to hiring, with the subindex for employment shrinking in May at the fastest rate since February 2020.
However, weighed down by shrinking global demand, rising protectionism, higher exchange-rate volatility and increasing overall costs, private firms, especially smaller ones, still face challenges in scaling up foreign trade growth, Zhang said.
Market diversificationAt the same time, diversification of international markets must be better leveraged to offset losses caused by shrinking demand from some European countries and the United States.
Shrinking external demand will lead to a decline in China's export growth.
Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos, who came at the fourth in the latest list, saw his wealth shrink 37 percent to $118 billion in 2022.
In its latest forecast, the research center expected Thailand's overall exports to shrink 0.5 percent year-on-year in 2023, but exports to China are likely to expand 3 percent or more from one year earlier, she said.
However, due to shrinking exports and a still-weak property sector, the recovery pace has not been very strong.
In the course of interviews and conversations, I have found that many deputies acknowledge that China's labor cost advantage is shrinking, but that this doesn't necessarily mean it has become more expensive to innovate and manufacture here.