subside
verb[I]
uk/səbˈsaɪd/us/səbˈsaɪd/subsideverb[I](LESS STRONG)
If aconditionsubsides, itbecomeslessstrongorextreme:
(状况)趋于平缓,平息Thepolicearehopingthat theviolencewillsoonsubside.警方希望暴力事件会很快平息。
As thepainin myfootsubsided, I wasabletowalktheshortdistanceto thecar.我的脚没那么疼了,能够勉强走一小段路,走到车旁。
Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- abatement
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- decline
- emasculation
- enervate
- enervating
- enfeeble
- enfeebled
- fade
- melt
- relieve
- sink
- tottering
- turn to jellyidiom
- wane
- waste away
- watersomethingdown
subsideverb[I](LOWER LEVEL)
If abuilding,land, orwatersubsides, it goes down to alowerlevel:
(建筑物、地面或水面)下沉,下陷,沉降There is adangerthat manyhomeswill subside because of thedrought.由于干旱,很多房子面临沉降的危险。
Eventually thefloodwatersbeganto subside.洪水终于开始消退了。
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
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