But the Center on Philanthropy also says research shows that giving does not shrink as much as the economy in a recession.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

For a shirt verminously busy Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.

衬衫上满是虫,士兵用诅咒撕开他的喉咙,上帝可能会退缩而不是虱子。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

I want to conclude with problems, which may sound kind of negative but this is--I don't shrink from negativism.

我想以保险业的缺陷作为本课总结,它可能听起来有点否定意味,但这是,我并不讨厌否定

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This is necessary so that the walls of a building will not shrink or break.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Satan and the fallen angels are entering the magnificent structureof Pandemonium, and at one instant all of the angels shrink in order to fit in to the building, however big it is.

撒旦和堕落天使们正在进入,混战地狱绝妙的建筑中去，突然，所有的天使们都缩小了身形,以来进入那栋建筑中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

He notes: When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or arm and when it does fall we feel it in some measure and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.

他说过，当我们看到有人要打,别一个人的腿或手臂，我们会不由自主的畏缩，手脚拢起来,当这一下打下来，某种程度上来说,我们会感受到和被打者一样的疼痛。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Borlaug worked with wheat genes to shrink the plant while keeping the grain large.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

The family had to move to smaller homes as their finances continued to shrink.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

But as budgets shrink, newspapers are printing fewer pages,less news.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

" ...to end the bailouts, cut spending and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all of those things is to put someone in the White House who will not veto any of those things."

VOA: special.2010.11.06

The European Union's economy is expected to shrink by four percent this year - more than twice what was estimated in January.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

"All our brains shrink a little as we grow older, but in some people it shrinks more and some it shrinks less,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The Latvian economy is expected to be hit even harder,shrinking 13.1 percent in 2009, while Ireland's economy is expected to shrink by nine percent.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

IATA had expected the loss to shrink this year to around $5 billion.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

It expired last December. After a year of tough negotiations, Mr.Obama and Mr.Medvedev will sign a treaty to shrink each country's arsenal of strategic deployed nuclear warheads by 25 to 30 percent.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

With the world's major economies forecast to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reports the G20 participants will likely resolve to strive for economic growth in 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

If the so called "double dip" scenario happens,in which the economy starts to shrink again, Baily says it would make a strong case for a second stimulus something the Obama administration hopes will not be necessary.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20