die-Down

die down

美/ daɪ daʊn /

简明

v.（声音、风、火、情绪、活动、争论等）逐渐减弱，平息（或逐渐消失）；（植物）（某些多年生植物过冬时）地上部分枯萎，地下部分（根、鳞茎等）仍存活

英英释义

v.
- 1
  suffer from a disease that kills shoots
  同义词：die back
- 2
  become progressively weaker

双语例句
权威例句

1
Unluckily for the town's winter sports, swine flu is expected to die down only when the snow melts.
对该城冬季运动来说不幸的是，猪流感预计只有在冰雪融化时才会逐渐消失。
2
Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and let the fuss die down.
他们目前的策略是保持低调，让事态慢慢平息。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3
One key issue: Mergers and acquisitions — the main drivers of big wealth — could die down with tighter credit.
一个关键问题是：作为创造巨富的主要推动力的并购交易可能会因信贷紧缩而减少。

查看更多

点击反馈