1. Unlike physical energy, which is finite and diminishes with age, emotional energy is unlimited and has nothing to do with genes or up bringing. 与体力不同，体力是有限的而且会随着年龄的增长而减少，情绪能量是无限的，与基因或成长环境无关。
2. When spring's light comes, the melatonin diminishes, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus-filled house we've been hibernating in for four months. 当春天的阳光来临时，褪黑激素减少了，突然间我们被唤醒，回到了我们冬眠了四个月、布满灰尘、病毒的房子。
3. The faster the foragers come back, the more food there is and the faster other foragers go out, until gradually the amount of food being brought back diminishes. 觅食者回来得越快，食物就越多，其他觅食者出去得也越快，直到带回的食物量逐渐减少。
4. It diminishes laymen's interest in science. 它降低了外行人对科学的兴趣。
5. In studies, we found that when it comes to reproduction, freezing diminishes the mating performance of males. 我们在研究中发现，在繁殖方面，严寒会削弱雄性的交配表现。
