subsiding

英 [səbˈsaɪdɪŋ]

美 [səbˈsaɪdɪŋ]

v.  趋于平静; 平息; 减弱; 消退; 回落; 减退; 下沉; 沉降; 下陷
subside的现在分词

BNC.24230 / COCA.27831

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。

英英释义

noun

• a gradual sinking to a lower level
  Synonym:settlingsubsidence

双语例句

• The fear was subsiding now and the humiliation he had suffered made him sick to his stomach so that he had to throw up.
  恐惧情绪这时减退了，而他遭到的屈辱使他的胸口感到恶心，所以他忍不住呕吐起来。
• Even for those who are not, it usually takes two to four weeks before the symptoms begin subsiding.
  即使是没有抗药性的患者，也得花上二至四星期，症状才会开始消退。
• However, sporadically, in time or space, some species may grow rapidly to damaging numbers, developing outbreaks which may persist for a variable length of time before subsiding.
  但是，在某些时间或空间，一些物种会迅速生长到足以造成危害的数量，导致病虫害爆发，持续时间不定。
• Our house is subsiding into the river.
  我们的家沉到河里了。
• A rash of home foreclosures helped plunge the United States into recession, and the national foreclosure rate shows few signs of subsiding.
  美国许多人丧失住房赎回权导致经济进一步陷入衰退，而全国住房失赎率几乎没有下降的迹象。
• The bearish sentiment surrounding the greenback doesn't seem to be subsiding and we don't anticipate and schedule events which will alter the current course.
  美元的看跌情绪似乎没有消退，我们预期市场暂时不会出现能改变目前形势的重大事件。
• Time, space, causation are mental categories, arising and subsiding with the mind.
  时、空、因果都属于心理范畴，随着心念此起彼伏。
• One of the latest to outlast its veracity is the conventional wisdom that China's export engines have been spiked by subsiding consumer demand in the US.
  最近一个超过时效的流行语是这样一种传统观点：美国消费需求的下滑，阻挡了中国出口引擎。
• While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at$ 8 per week.
  当这位家庭主妇逐渐平静下来之际，让我们看看这个家吧。一套带家具的公寓房子，每周房租八美元。
• The creams were massaged in twice daily until complete subsiding of the symptoms or for a maximum of four weeks.
  软膏被一天两次轻轻地按摩入皮肤直至症状完全消失或最长四周。