1、dwindle

(數量上)減少,縮小

The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.

工廠雇員總數已經從 4,000 多人減少到幾百人。

Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling.

出口在縮減，貿易赤字在增長。

2、discover

發現(以前不知道的事實)

She discovered that they'd escaped.

她發現他們已經逃跑了。

I discovered I was pregnant.

我發現自己懷孕了。

(偶然)發現;找到(一直在尋找的某人或某物)

A few days later his badly beaten body was discovered on a roadside outside the city.

幾天后，他的尸體在城外的路邊被發現，身上有被嚴重毆打過的痕跡。

(第一個)發現

the first European to discover America.

第一個發現美洲大陸的歐洲人

In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California.

19 世紀時，在加利福尼亞發現了金子。

初次接觸(某活動并樂在其中)

I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger.

我要是早點接觸到攝影技術就好了。

Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.

體驗私人游艇的樂趣和奢華。

3、resource

資源;物力;財力

Some families don't have the resources to feed themselves properly.

有些家庭無力維持生活。

There's a great shortage of resource materials in many schools.

很多學校物資都十分短缺。

(國家的)資源，財富

resources like coal, tungsten, oil and copper.

煤、鎢、石油和銅之類的資源

Today we are overpopulated, straining the earth's resources.

現在我們人口過多，致使地球資源使用過度。