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| 1 | if the tide ebbs, the sea’ s level on a coast gradually becomes lower . A more usual word is go out . （潮水）退落 |
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| 2 | to gradually become smaller or less （逐渐）衰退，低落，减少 |
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| - | ebb and flow
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| 1 | to keep becoming smaller or weaker and then larger or stronger 时起时落；消长 | Enthusiasm for reform ebbed and flowed. 对改革的热情时起时落。 | |
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| 2 | to keep changing between two states （两种状态间）起起伏伏，不停变化 | The battle ebbed and flowed around them. 他们周围的战斗时断时续。 | |
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