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 shrinkage ['ʃriŋkidʒ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 收缩, 收缩量, 减低

[化] 起皱; 收缩; 收缩量

[医] 皱缩; 皱缩度




    shrinkage
    [ noun ]
    1. process or result of becoming less or smaller

    2. <noun.event>
      the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
    3. the amount by which something shrinks

    4. <noun.attribute>
    5. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

    6. <noun.act>
      shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting


    Shrinkage \Shrink"age\, n.
    1. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or
    measurement.

    2. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost
    by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.

    3. Decrease in value; depreciation. [Colloq.]

    1. It can, he says, reduce the "incremental returns" previously caused by shrinkage.
    2. In addition, Mr. Clausen said that BankAmerica's aggressive shrinkage is winding down, although he said the company will soon disclose the sale of an overseas unit with $1 billion in assets.
    3. For instance, shoplifting (politely called shrinkage) is more often carried out by employees rather than by customers, partly because it is easier.
    4. What's really strangling bank lending is not so much the new capital requirements but a colossal shrinkage in the value of loan collateral, particularly through a decline in property values.
    5. Analysts are also expecting signs of continuing shrinkage in the U.S. trade deficit when the Commerce Department reports Thursday on the nation's trade balance for February.
    6. In a recent study, he correlated movements in the prime rate with growth or shrinkage in banks' net interest margins.
    7. But economists say the shrinkage in the last half of the year is almost entirely a response to tough financial standards in the S&L bailout legislation enacted in August.
    8. But Mr. Birinyi thinks the seven-year shrinkage could be reversed in only three to four years, mostly because stock prices are higher now than they were in the mid-1980s.
    9. "The vacancy rates are directly related to the shrinkage in the financial services industry," said Anthony M. Saytanides, Edward S. Gordon's chief operating officer.
    10. TWA executives apparently decided on the shrinkage late Friday, in the wake of a sharp drop-off in demand following the start of the Gulf war Wednesday.
    11. In the '90s, a further shrinkage of young job seekers is expected, but many employers will stiffen demands to show skills.
    12. Satellite data from 1978 on are consistent with a similar shrinkage in the Southern Hemisphere, according to the report of a panel assembled by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    13. The squad was formed in February to fight the battle of shrinkage, which they defined in a cheer as "anything not accounted for." Walton asked for a microphone so the crowd could hear them.
    14. But Connolly says he sees two chief reasons why a sluggish economic growth won't deteriorate into a serious downturn, with widespread layoffs and significant income shrinkage.
    15. The shrinkage of highway construction to its lowest level in almost three years contributed to the 27% decline in nonbuilding construction in February.
    16. Civilian unemployment rose slightly in September to 5.3 percent, reflecting a shrinkage in manufacturing jobs.
    17. Yet writers principally concerned with their craftsmanship, or with exploring the difficulties of private life, did not necessarily suffer a "shrinkage of the imagination."
    18. Next to a significant shrinkage in the deficit, other policy changes, ranging from increased federal spending on research and development to an industrial policy, seem small change.
    19. Pessimists say shrinkage is more likely.
    20. Other market watchers, however, interpret the cash shrinkage more ominously.
    21. But excluding early repayments of federal housing grants by local authorities, which are expected to fall sharply next year, the deficit is expected to show an underlying shrinkage to 26.5 billion guilders from 28.1 billion guilders.
    22. First, they see the shrinkage of the industrial sector in America as inevitable and seek to encourage the growth of the service sector.
    23. It is Tuck who volunteers for shrinkage, and who sails around someone else's innards in a fully equipped spacecraft.
    24. The agency attributed the slowdown partly to a shrinkage in the number of young adults, the main source of such households.
    25. Mr Russell Smith, chief executive of Kunick, one of the UK's three biggest operators of amusement and gaming machines, said: 'There will inevitably be some shrinkage of the market.
    26. Economists said Wednesday it was too soon to conclude that the steady shrinkage in Japan's surplus had come to an end, and they noted that the surplus with the United States declined again.
    27. What happened? For one thing, the huge trade surpluses that gave Japan enormous reservoirs of money are shrinking a bit, and Japanese corporations are feeling the consequent shrinkage in inflows into the country's capital markets.
    28. And industry executives expect the shrinkage to continue.
    29. We're seeing a lessening of the rate-driven shrinkage of deposits," Ely said.
    30. The result is what analysts say may be a permanent shrinkage of the economic underpinnings of rural areas.
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