peter out

英 [ˈpiːtə(r) aʊt]

美 [ˈpiːtər aʊt]

逐渐结束; 逐渐消亡

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 逐渐结束；逐渐消亡
  If somethingpeters out, it gradually comes to an end.
  1. The six-month strike seemed to be petering out...
     长达6个月的罢工好像正逐渐平息。
  2. The road petered out into a rutted track.
     这条路渐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小径。

英英释义

verb

• use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  1. At the end of the march, I pooped out
  Synonym:poop outrun downrun outconk out
• end weakly
  1. The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
  Synonym:taper offfizzle outfizzle

双语例句

• Peter blurted out the news before he considered the consequence.
  彼得未考虑后果就把消息泄露了。
• Peter blurted out the news.
  彼得不慎说出了秘密。
• And whereas Wi-Fi signals peter out after 100 metres or so, their white-space equivalents could have ranges of several kilometres.
  并且，wi-fi信号传输约100米后，就渐渐消失，与之相比，空白频段信号传播范围则可能为几千米。
• But this figure could decline a lot in the next few months, particularly if the boom in steelmaking, one factor that has pushed up iron ore prices in the past four years, starts to peter out later in 2008.
  但在未来的数月中，该价值会下降许多，尤其是如果钢铁业的繁荣在2008年下半年开始消退的情况下&这轮繁荣是在过去4年中推升铁矿石价格的因素之一。
• Peter scratched out his name on the bark of the tree.
  彼得把他的名家刻在树皮上。
• The Bible tells us that Peter went out and cried bitterly.
  圣经说彼得就出去痛哭。
• In my judgment, the positive impact of a fiscal stimulus will peter out after its scheduled completion.
  否则按我的判断，财政刺激的积极影响将在其按计划完成后逐渐降低。
• There are concerns that the rapid expansion in the region may soon peter out and global carmakers like JLR are looking to other emerging markets for the next phase of growth.
  但也有人担心，中国市场的快速扩张可能很快就会趋缓，JLR等全球汽车厂商正转向其他新兴市场寻求下一阶段的增长。
• The good news is that H1N1 is hitting North America at the tail end of its flu season. It's possible that the virus may peter out and re-appear next autumn, but that gives us months to prepare.
  好消息是，甲型H1N1流感是在北美流感季节快要结束时出现的，病毒可能会逐步消失并在秋天再次出现，但这将给我们数个月的准备时间。
• Despite a face-to-face meeting with Madoff in which the regulators caught him telling an obvious falsehood about his options trading, the commission concluded there was no evidence of fraud and allowed the investigation to peter out.
  尽管在证交会与马多夫的一次面谈中，后者关于自己期权交易的说法出现了一处明显谬误，但证交会还是得出了不存在欺诈证据的结论，并允许调查逐渐停止。