For a shirt verminously busy, yon soldier tore from his throat with oaths. Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.(因为衬衫满是虫，那个士兵扯开嗓子咒骂起来。上帝可能会退缩，但虱子不会。)
During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.(在没有水的几个月里，在强烈的阳光下，它们会枯萎、收缩、萎缩，直到它们看起来像一堆枯死的灰色叶子。)
Finally, the bone supporting the teeth is attacked and starts to shrink.(最后，支撑牙齿的骨头损坏，开始萎缩。)
The financial sector's share of the economy will shrink, and stay shrunk for years to come.(金融部门在经济中所占的份额将会缩小，并在未来几年里继续缩小。)
Our hope is that if we feed blueberry juice to a child with this type of tumour, we can intervene and shrink the tumour before it becomes a big problem.(我们的希望是，如果我们给患有这种肿瘤的儿童喂蓝莓汁，我们就能在其成为大问题之前进行干预并缩小肿瘤。)
The fallen angels are entering the magnificent structure of pandemonium, and at one instant all of the angels shrink in order to fit into the building.(堕落的天使们正在进入建筑宏伟的万魔殿，突然，所有的天使们为了适应这座建筑而缩小，无论它有多大。)
Woollen fabrics shrink in the wash.(毛织物一洗就缩水。)
I want to conclude with problems, which may sound kind of negative but this is—I don't shrink from negativism.(我想以问题来结束，这听起来可能有点否定意味，但这是——我不会逃避否定。)
All wood tends to shrink.(所有的木头都会收缩。)
In the next few years, the nation's wealth will either stagnate or shrink.(在接下来的几年里，这个国家的财富不是停滞就是缩水。)
