| 词汇 | subsiding |
| 释义 | subsiding present participle ofsubside subside verb[ I ] uk /səbˈsaɪd/ us /səbˈsaɪd/ subsideverb[I] (LESS STRONG)If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme: （状况）趋于平缓，平息 The police are hoping that the violence will soon subside.警方希望暴力事件会很快平息。 As the pain in my foot subsided, I was able to walk the short distance to the car.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 adulterant adulterate adulterated be fading away/fastidiom downtoner dull ease emasculation enervate enervating hedge melt relieve tone something down totter tottering turn to jellyidiom undimmed subsideverb[I] (LOWER LEVEL)If a building, land, or water subsides, it goes down to a lower level: （建筑物、地面或水面）下沉，下陷，沉降 There is a danger that many homes will subside because of the drought.由于干旱，很多房子面临沉降的危险。 Eventually the flood waters began to subside.洪水终于开始消退了。 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction damp dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away reducible reduction resize retreat rightsize telescope tumble You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Moving downwards Examples of subsidingsubsiding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Subsiding reservoirs held water for short periods, allowing suspended particles to deposit themselves at the bottom of the reservoir. We present a model of sedimentation in a subsiding fluvio-deltaic basin with steady sediment supply and unsteady base level. On either side of the anticlines two synclines have developed forming subsiding sectors. Far from subsiding into mystic gleams, ghosts were often more prosaically present than the living. The rash typically appears when the elevated temperature has abated, and can last for only a few hours before subsiding (fig001sdr). Self-funding residents, by paying a higher price for a care-home place, are in effect subsiding publicly-funded residents. His firm response resulted in religious conflict subsiding remarkably quickly. It is instructive to quantify the length, elevation, and time scales that characterize a subsiding fluvio-deltaic basin. A more mundane example of women's facial expression (including attractiveness) evolving with changes in pain intensity is given by the application of facial makeup once pain is subsiding. He inherited an inflation rate on target, in a world where inflationary pressures were subsiding fast. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We live in a world where, increasingly, the poor are subsiding the rich. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is difficult to give accurate statistical information on whether the problem is growing or subsiding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the fact that some make losses is quite a different thing from subsiding a refectory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is partly because the rush of postwar development has been subsiding. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The few sites that are vacant in the district are either subsiding or are liable to subsidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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