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

• For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?
  例如，治疗手段的供应何时终止？
• 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。
• A kangaroo needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。
• 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。
• After only a year at our department, Mr.A made his mark; my hat goes off to him for busting his tail off.
  先生在本单位工作仅仅一年，他就做出贡献。他的努力工作，我要向他致敬。
• The dog's tail tapered off to a point.
  这狗的尾部逐渐变细成为一个尖梢。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。