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

• For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?
  例如，治疗手段的供应何时终止？
• A kangaroo needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sales tend to tail off toward the end of the season.
  该季节末期，销售量会减小。
• It's then, when subscriptions typically tail off, that we'll see if the industry will be able to withstand the recession.
  正是在注册用户通常会减少的时候，我们才会明白这个行业能否抵御衰退的影响。
• 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。
• For example, wages tend to be high near densely occupied blocks, but tail off within a mile or two.
  举例来说，在居民稠密街区的附近，工资往往较高，但一两英里以外，工资水平就降下来了。
• 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。
• Tests revealed that the ability to recall the right word tended to tail off as the day ended.
  实验显示：一天快结束的时候，准确回忆单词的能力随之减弱。