1.(使)逐步收缩;(使)降级;(使)逐步结束
1.to end, or to finish something gradually; to gradually reduce work before stopping completely
2.to relax after a period of excitement or worry
1.A regular routine that includes dinner, bath, quiet time and bed seems to help children wind down and relax before bed.
有规律的作息包括晚餐，沐浴，安静的时段而后睡觉，这些会帮助孩子们在睡觉前逐渐平息，放松下来。
2.The Detroit carmaker decided to wind down Saab in early 2009 as it prepared to file for reorganisation in bankruptcy protection in the US.
2009年早些时候，这家底特律汽车制造商决定放弃萨博，当时它正准备在美国申请破产保护，以实施公司重组。
3.The bank began to wind down MortgageIT in late 2008. Within a year, the business was shut.
2008年底，德银开始逐步缩减MortgageIT部门的规模，并于不到一年后将其关闭。
4.That group eventually provided the nucleus of al-Qaeda, which bin Laden founded in 1988 as the war against the Soviets began to wind down.
本•拉登于1988年在反对苏联的战争开始平息之时建立了基地组织，而那一群人最终成为其核心成员。
5.Also needed, he said, is reform of securities markets and to put in place measures to wind down financial companies that fail.
他说，还需要对证券市场进行改革，制定一些逐步淘汰破产金融企业的措施。
6."I don't think GM really knows how the wind-down is going to take place, but GM has to take its responsibility, " she said.
“我认为通用并不确定应该怎样结束这个品牌，但通用必须承担起应尽的责任，”她说。
7.A Lehman spokeswoman said the company was selling all assets as part of Lehman's wind down in bankruptcy.
雷曼发言人表示，按照破产清算计划，公司全部资产的出售正在进行中。
8.Specifically, summer flowers - may bracts susceptible to wind down, the summer sun too hot, is often darken.
具体地说，夏季的花--五月的花苞易被狂风吹落，夏日的太阳过分炽热，又常被遮暗。
9.We are likely to see this thing wind down, for now, although that could be proven wrong as well.
我们很希望看到局势缓和，尽管有可能会被证明是错的。
10.The company said the FP unit's employees continue to work to wind down the unit's business.
该公司表示，金融产品部员工在继续工作以结束该部的业务。