tail off

英 [teɪl ɒf]

美 [teɪl ɔːf]

（声音）逐渐变弱; 逐渐减少; 越来越不重要; 逐渐消失

柯林斯词典

• See also:Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent...The drug's effect does not tail off after it has been used repeatedly.tail away

双语例句

• A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
  如果袋鼠的尾巴离开地面就不能跳跃。
• The work of some students begins to tail off as they approach their examination.
  随着考试的临近，学生的课程量开始减少。
• Tests revealed that the ability to recall the right word tended to tail off as the day ended.
  实验显示：一天快结束的时候，准确回忆单词的能力随之减弱。
• In the adjusting pressure system using quantitative pump which provides invariable pressure. When the pressure augments, the requirement of flux will tail off.
  在定量泵节流调节系统中，定量泵提供的是恒定流量，当系统压力增大时，会使流量需求减小。
• EXAMPLE: Product sales were good until the holiday period, but after that they started to tail off.
  产品销售一直到节日期间都很好，但节后开始下滑。
• The rains tail off in september.
  9月份雨越下越少了。
• He picked up the dead mouse by the tail and went off with it.
  这个人用手勾着死老鼠的尾巴，就上路了。
• It's then, when subscriptions typically tail off, that we'll see if the industry will be able to withstand the recession.
  正是在注册用户通常会减少的时候，我们才会明白这个行业能否抵御衰退的影响。
• The EIA predicts that US crude output will begin to tail off slowly after 2020, but says there is great uncertainty over the outlook.
  美国能源情报署预计，美国原油产量将在2020年后开始缓缓下降，但表示这一前景仍有很大不确定性。
• Ultimately, though, the saving grace of Asia is that growth rates are starting to tail off from a high base.
  不过说到底，亚洲的优势在于：它的经济增长率是从一个较高的基础上开始下降的。