recedes

英 [rɪˈsiːdz]

美 [rɪˈsiːdz]

v.  逐渐远离; 渐渐远去; 逐渐减弱; 慢慢变小; (头顶前部)头发停止生长，变秃
recede的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退回;后退;远离
  If somethingrecedesfrom you, it moves away.
  1. Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
     卢克在夜色中渐行渐远。
  2. As she receded he waved goodbye.
     她离开的时候他挥手告别。
  3. ...the receding lights of the car.
     越来越远的汽车灯光
• VERB （质量）下降;（问题或疾病等）逐渐减弱，好转
  When something such as a quality, problem, or illnessrecedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  1. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede...
     正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候，我的病开始好转了。
  2. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
     交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。
• VERB （前额的头发）脱落
  If a man's hair starts torecede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
  1. ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede...
     前额黑发刚开始脱落的年轻人
  2. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
     酒吧男招待面色红润，前额有点脱发。
• VERB （常指牙龈因为感染）萎缩
  If your gums start torecede, they begin to cover less of your teeth, usually as the result of an infection.
  1. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed...
     如果不进行治疗，牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。
  2. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
     牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的，也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。

双语例句

• People go further and further away to reach open air and countryside which continuously recedes from them.
  人们越走越远，以期趋近渐渐远去的旷野和农村。
• And in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Vice President Biden told family members that as their pain recedes, he hopes they find comfort in recalling the smile, the laugh and the touch of their loved ones.
  在宾夕法尼亚州，尚克斯维尔，副总统拜登告诉家人，随着伤痛渐渐退去，他希望能从人们的微笑得到慰藉，还有对爱的人笑，拥抱爱你的人。
• Joan is afraid so she recedes herself.
  贞德害怕地后退几步。
• When it recedes, the atmosphere condenses again to form a new coating of ice just a millimeter thick.
  在它远离太阳时，大气再次凝结形成一层新的只有一毫米的冰帽。
• Magazines once the size of phone books are now pamphlet-thin as advertising recedes and consumers decamp to the blogosphere.
  随着广告撤退，消费者转投博客世界，昔日电话簿那么厚的时尚杂志，如今缩简成了薄薄的一本。
• Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.
  盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。
• Immortal Tantalus, having committed unspeakable crimes and having stolen food from the gods, sits in a pool of crystal clear water that recedes from him each time bends to drink.
  不朽的坦塔罗斯，犯下滔天罪行，并有从神偷菜，坐在一池清澈的水从他每一次弯腰后退喝。
• Once falling asleep, we would be free from thinking about the stress any longer and everything recedes to temporary tranquility, so when we wake up, the stress is not that strong anymore.
  睡眠状态后，我们便不会再去思考压力的问题，一切的一切都暂时归于平静，等醒来的时候，压力感往往会变得小了。
• Turnover swiftly recedes unless ( as is generally the case for Chinese companies in Hong Kong and Singapore) there is sufficient scale to justify analyst coverage and retail interest.
  如果规模不够，不足以吸引分析师的评级和散户的兴趣（在香港和新加坡上市的中国企业普遍都是如此），成交量就会迅速萎缩。
• As the political mood turns poisonous and the prospect of growth recedes further, this is not a decision that can be postponed for long.
  随着政治情绪的恶化以及增长前景进一步黯淡，做出决定已是刻不容缓。