shrivel GRE专八

My enthusiasm shriveled as the project wore on. Inflation shriveled the buying power of the dollar.

随着计划的进行我的热情消减了通货膨胀消弱了美元的买力

Get the bulbs into the ground, or they will begin to shrivel.

把鳞茎种到地里，否则会开始干的。

Leaves die, fall, and shrivel. The heat shriveled the unwatered seedlings.

叶子凋零、飘落萎了；酷热使得未浇水的秧萎了

But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long after their shrinkwrap has shriveled, and that make tech editors cry out, "What have I done to deserve this?

是安装完了系统以后要做的事情，这可马虎不得，因为一旦做得不好，就会导致前功尽弃，甚至有可能会造成数据丢失或者再次重装系统。