they prove wonderfully effective at first, only to dwindle into uselessness.
刚开始效果都非常不错,不料后来竟渐渐失效。
moreover, on visualizing thefacial expression of friends when they receive the reply — reburned lingering anger rather thansurprised delight — my tiny amount of determination dwindle into naught.
再想象朋友接信时的表情,不是喜出望外,而是余怒重炽,你那一点决心就整个崩溃了。
america's space agency has reached middle age. will it now recapture the glory of its youth, or dwindle into decrepitude?
美国的太空总署已是人到中年。它将重拾昔日荣耀抑或抑郁终老?