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

• 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。
• A kangaroo needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。
• In our motherland hidden underground everywhere is a wealth of mineral resources. South Africa's gold and mineral bonanza is beginning to tail off.
  祖国的地下到处都埋藏着丰富的矿产资源。南非的丰富黄金矿藏量以及其它矿业资源正在日益枯竭。
• 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 drug's effect does not tail off after it has been used repeatedly.
  反复使用本药，药效也不会减弱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。