1. The world's resources are rapidly diminishing. 世界资源正在迅速减少。
2. Campaigners are shining a spotlight on the world's diminishing natural resources. 从事这场运动的人要使公众注意到世界上的自然资源日益减少。
3. The government now supports the elderly, diminishing the need for children. 政府现在支持老年人，减少了对于儿童数量的需求（的关注）。
4. There are those who consider it questionable that these defense-linked research projects will either improve our standard of living or do much to protect our diminishing resources. 有些人怀疑这些与国防有关的研究项目能否提高我们的生活水平，或者对保护我们日益减少的资源能否起到很大的作用。
5. This was debated eagerly at first, but with diminishing coherence as the champagne took hold. 辩论一开始满热烈的，可是上了香槟后，条理性就降低了。
