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 sequences form parts of the South China continental margin which has undergone tilting and subsiding during the past ten or more million years.
  其为中国南部大陆边缘的一部份，自壹仟多万年以来，持续受大陆边缘倾斜及下陷作用影响。
• 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。
• A report by the World Natural Fund says that the water level of wetlands in Qinhai Plateau is subsiding.
  世界自然基金会的一份报告表明，青海高原的湿地湖水水位已开始下降。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Application of Reinforcement by Grouting Technique in Treating Subsiding and Distortion Lane
  锚注加固技术在塌陷变形巷道治理中的应用
• Gradually the tension was subsiding, gradually the governor was relenting.
  风潮渐渐地平息了。