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 needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。
• Just a few months ago, analysts had expected that Chinese economic growth would tail off more sharply in the fourth quarter, but for now it appears to be close to its 7.8 per cent year-on-year pace of the third quarter.
  就在短短几个月前，分析师们曾预计，中国经济增长将在第四季度比较剧烈地回落，但现在看来，第四季度增长将接近第三季度7.8%的同比增幅。
• At some date in the 1990s British oil production will probably tail off.
  到20世纪90年代的某个时候，英国石油产量可能会逐渐减少。
• For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?
  例如，治疗手段的供应何时终止？
• The dog's tail tapered off to a point.
  这狗的尾部逐渐变细成为一个尖梢。
• 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。
• I cut the tail off before I cook the fish.
  我在煮之前先切掉鱼尾。
• 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。
• Iron ore is heavily linked to Chinese infrastructure construction that is expected eventually to tail off, and coal could be threatened by changing environmental rules.
  铁矿石与中国基础设施建设密切相关，而中国的基建预计终会逐渐冷却；环保规则的改变则可能会对煤炭构成威胁。
• The rains tail off in september.
  9月份雨越下越少了。