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

• Then the Fox will leap at the Boar and tear off its right ear and its tail and slink off to hide in the mountain caves.
  然后狐狸会越过野猪，把它的右耳和尾巴抓破，潜逃，隐藏在山洞。
• 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。
• The rains tail off in september.
  9月份雨越下越少了。
• 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。
• For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?
  例如，治疗手段的供应何时终止？
• 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 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。
• It needs its tail for pushing off.
  它要靠尾巴推动才能离开地面。
• 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。
• 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。