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

• Although health officials said the outbreak was subsiding, government policy makers who fear a much longer effect said on Monday that they were considering a spending increase to help stimulate the economy.
  尽管卫生官员表示疫情正在减弱，但是担心疫情会造成更长久影响的政府决策者周一表示，他们正在考虑通过增加开支的做法来刺激经济。
• Crude-oil prices finished just above$ 100 a barrel for the first time yesterday despite signs the world's petroleum thirst may be subsiding.
  尽管有迹象表明世界范围内的石油需求可能正在消退，但周二原油期货结算价仍首次突破每桶100美元大关。
• 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。
• Until a few days ago, the authorities in Beijing might have consoled themselves with the thought that the unrest was subsiding.
  直到几天前，北京方面可能还在用这种想法安慰自己：香港的动荡正在消退。
• 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。
• The sense of acute tension over Laos appeared to be subsiding.
  在老挝问题上的紧张感好象已经趋于缓和了。
• Study on environmental variability of soil moisture in windy desert area after mining subsiding
  采煤塌陷后风沙区土壤水分的环境变异性研究
• Gradually the tension was subsiding, gradually the governor was relenting.
  风潮渐渐地平息了。
• This is more remarkable because "traditional" state violence is subsiding.
  由于“传统型”国家暴力正在趋于平息，因此上述现象更加显著。
• Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?
  那意味着整个房子正在下陷吗？