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。
• For a persistent cramp keep repeating the whole process until the pain subsides.
  如果抽筋持续，重复整个过程，直到疼痛缓解。
• In time, the periods between pendulum swings get longer and gradually the pain subsides.
  随着时间的流逝，钟摆摆动的间隔变得更长，慢慢地痛苦就平息了。
• He will remain hospitalized until the swelling in his brain subsides.
  他必须住院（治疗）直到脑充血痊愈。
• It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides.
  它像地震一样爆发，然后又平息。
• 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。
• 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。
• If inflation subsides, China can continue to muddle along, allowing just enough lending to sustain strong growth.
  如果通胀消退，中国可能会在这条路上继续走下去，提供足够的放贷以支持强劲增长。
• 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。