1 VERB (潮水或海水)退,落 When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. (潮水或海水)退,落
2 N-COUNT 退潮(期);落潮(期) The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. 退潮(期);落潮(期)
SYN flowing back, going out, withdrawal, retreat
3 VERB 衰退;减退;减弱 If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. 衰退;减退;减弱 [formal]
Ebb away means the same as
ebb.
ebb away 同 ebb 4 PHRASE 处于低潮;处于衰退状态 If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable. 处于低潮;处于衰退状态
5 PHRASE 起伏;消长;盛衰 You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls. 起伏;消长;盛衰
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