subsides

英 [səbˈsaɪdz]

美 [səbˈsaɪdz]

v.  趋于平静; 平息; 减弱; 消退; 回落; 减退; 下沉; 沉降; 下陷
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柯林斯词典

• VERB (感情)平息，缓和，趋于平静;(噪音)减弱，降低
  If a feeling or noisesubsides, it becomes less strong or loud.
  1. The pain had subsided during the night...
     晚间疼痛已经减轻了。
  2. Catherine's sobs finally subsided.
     凯瑟琳终于慢慢停止了抽泣。
• VERB (争斗)平息，平静
  If fightingsubsides, it becomes less intense or general.
  1. Violence has subsided following two days of riots.
     两天的暴乱过后，暴力事件开始平息。
• VERB (地面、建筑物)下沉，沉降，下陷
  If the ground or a buildingis subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level.
  1. Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?
     那意味着整个房子正在下陷吗？
• VERB (水位)回落;(尤指洪水)减退，消退
  If a level of water, especially flood water,subsides, it goes down.
  1. Local officials say the flood waters have subsided.
     当地官员称洪水已经退去了。

双语例句

• We may imagine the electron vibrating for a moment as it subsides into the smaller orbit.
  我们可以想象，电子跳入小轨道时振动一会儿。
• Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.
  友谊可能经常发展成爱情，但是爱情却永远不会下降为友谊。
• For the economy, once relief at avoiding default subsides: not good.
  就经济而言，一旦避免违约的那种轻松感消退：后果不会好。
• Many steel plants were closed, and in a few years those which survived were no longer needing subsides.
  很多钢铁厂被关闭，几年之后那些幸存下来的工厂也不再能得到政府援助。
• But as they move from full-time work to Jesus-when-will-this-day-finally-end work, the joy of labor subsides.
  但是当他们从全职工作转为上帝啊什么时候今天的工作才彻底结束这样的工作时，劳动的快乐便荡然无存。
• Emotion swells and subsides.
  情绪忽高忽低。
• There is no reason yet to doubt his promise to tackle the budget deficit once the crisis subsides.
  目前还没有理由可以怀疑他的承诺：一旦金融危机消退，他会立即处理国家的预算赤字。
• Negotiators failed to resolve the bitter dispute between the European Community and the United States over cutting subsides to farmers.
  谈判者未能消弭欧共体和美国之间在削减农民补贴一事上的争端。
• It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides.
  它像地震一样爆发，然后又平息。
• Stay with him for a while until your brother's fury subsides.
  同他住些日子，直等你哥哥的怒气消了。