recedes

英 [rɪˈsiːdz]

美 [rɪˈsiːdz]

v.  逐渐远离; 渐渐远去; 逐渐减弱; 慢慢变小; (头顶前部)头发停止生长，变秃
recede的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 退回;后退;远离
  If somethingrecedesfrom you, it moves away.
  1. Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
     卢克在夜色中渐行渐远。
  2. As she receded he waved goodbye.
     她离开的时候他挥手告别。
  3. ...the receding lights of the car.
     越来越远的汽车灯光
• VERB （质量）下降;（问题或疾病等）逐渐减弱，好转
  When something such as a quality, problem, or illnessrecedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  1. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede...
     正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候，我的病开始好转了。
  2. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
     交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。
• VERB （前额的头发）脱落
  If a man's hair starts torecede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
  1. ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede...
     前额黑发刚开始脱落的年轻人
  2. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
     酒吧男招待面色红润，前额有点脱发。
• VERB （常指牙龈因为感染）萎缩
  If your gums start torecede, they begin to cover less of your teeth, usually as the result of an infection.
  1. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed...
     如果不进行治疗，牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。
  2. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
     牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的，也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。

双语例句

• As the financial crisis recedes, one of the most striking features of the global economy is the way that China has actually stepped up its engagement with the rest of the developing world.
  在金融危机渐行渐远之际，全球经济的一项最显著特点是：中国已用一种新的方式，在事实上加强了与其它发展中国家的接触。
• Immortal Tantalus, having committed unspeakable crimes and having stolen food from the gods, sits in a pool of crystal clear water that recedes from him each time bends to drink.
  不朽的坦塔罗斯，犯下滔天罪行，并有从神偷菜，坐在一池清澈的水从他每一次弯腰后退喝。
• Joan is afraid so she recedes herself.
  贞德害怕地后退几步。
• Magazines once the size of phone books are now pamphlet-thin as advertising recedes and consumers decamp to the blogosphere.
  随着广告撤退，消费者转投博客世界，昔日电话簿那么厚的时尚杂志，如今缩简成了薄薄的一本。
• Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us.
  盖茨比信奉这盏绿灯，这个一年年在我们眼前渐渐远去的极乐的未来。
• When it recedes, the atmosphere condenses again to form a new coating of ice just a millimeter thick.
  在它远离太阳时，大气再次凝结形成一层新的只有一毫米的冰帽。
• For this reason the near point gradually recedes as one grows older.
  由于这个原因，随着人渐渐变老，近点便逐渐后退。
• That recedes as you approach it.
  你往前进，它向后退。
• Now, as the ice they all once trod recedes at an alarming rate, the Arctic poses a set of questions that ultimately extend well beyond exploration and commerce to the question of our continued existence.
  现在，当他们曾经踏足的冰层以惊人速度消融的时候，北极引发了远远超乎探险和商业领域的问题，这一问题关乎我们的未来生存。
• Turnover swiftly recedes unless ( as is generally the case for Chinese companies in Hong Kong and Singapore) there is sufficient scale to justify analyst coverage and retail interest.
  如果规模不够，不足以吸引分析师的评级和散户的兴趣（在香港和新加坡上市的中国企业普遍都是如此），成交量就会迅速萎缩。