taper off
英 [ˈteɪpə(r) ɒf]
美 [ˈteɪpər ɔːf]
逐渐减少; 逐渐缩小
柯林斯词典
- → see:taper 2
英英释义
verb
- become smaller or less active
- Business tapered off
- end weakly
- The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
双语例句
- I hope you can taper off smoking.
我希望你能逐渐地减少吸烟量。 - At present, disassembly taper sleeve and joint are adopted at home, a section of hose or soft shaft is cut off for reassembly and continuing use.
目前国内均采用拆卸锥套和接头，截去一段软管或软轴，重新装配继续使用。 - Talk that it would taper off its bond purchases, which kept US rates low and encouraged money to go overseas, last summer led to a sell-off in emerging markets.
美联储对债券的收购将美国利率保持在低点，并鼓励资金流向海外。而去年夏天，有关美联储会逐步缩减这一收购力度的说法，曾导致新兴市场出现一轮抛售行为。 - The sleet began to taper off, and silence returned like a lost friend.
冰雹开始（begin）减弱，寂静像失赴的朋友再度归来。 - In countries with a temperate climate, seasonal epidemics typically taper off in the spring and end before summer.
在气候温和的国家，季节性流感通常在春季减弱，在夏季来临前结束。 - Retail spending has also been boosted by one-off subsidies Wuhan is one of several cities offering incentives to buy white goods and sales growth could yet taper off when these benefits are withdrawn.
零售支出还受到了一次性补贴的提振武汉就是针对家电购买推出激励措施的几个城市之一。撤销这些补贴后，销售增长就可能逐渐停止。 - Either way, those enviable levels of credit growth are likely to taper off soon.
不管是哪种情况，那些令人羡慕的信贷增长水平都可能会很快消失。 - If you believe Malcolm Gladwell, then the curve will eventually taper off.
如果你相信马尔科姆o格拉威德尔的预言，那么这条曲线最终会递减直至消失。 - Taper the plug off a bit with a chisel so that it will sit into the hole.
用凿子把这塞子一头削尖点，使它能塞进孔里。 - Those factors combined with the videogame industry's cycles ─ where sales taper off before a new game console is released ─ have hurt sales of new games, consoles and accessories.
这些因素加上视频游戏行业的周期因素（新的游戏机发布之前销售减弱）削弱了新的游戏、游戏机和配件的销售。