| 词汇 | ebbed |
| 释义 | ebbed past simple and past participle ofebb ebb verb[ I ] uk /eb/ us /eb/ ebbverb[I] (WATER)When the sea or tide ebbs, it moves away from the coast and falls to a lower level.落潮，退潮 Floods, tides & currents atmospheric river current eddy flash flood flooded floodplain gyre high tide high water mark inundation longshore drift overwhelm tidal tidally tide table turbulence turbulent water waterline whelm ebbverb[I] (FEELING)If a physical or emotional feeling ebbs, it becomes less strong or disappears: 衰退；逐渐减少；衰竭 strength ebbs (away)He could feel his strength ebbing (away).他能感觉到自己逐渐体力不支。 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 Examples of ebbedebbed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When their cause ebbed, as it must, the crusaders resorted to ' storm ' and ' machinery ' to reclaim attention. Membership and commitment ebbed and flowed as the levels of risk and political popularity rose and fell. Despite the acceleration of neo-liberal policies, urban mass protests ebbed noticeably during the 1990s. The crowd had already thinned and the throbbing excitement had considerably ebbed. During the last few decades of the 20th century when the science of medicine reached new heights, the role and authority of physicians has ebbed. Criticism, of course, ebbed and flowed as the correspondent sensed success or failure. Individuals gripped in passion's vice could do little to regulate the emotion and had to wait until it ebbed. With respect to participation, for example, we observed that the advantage of middle-class identification ebbed as members of the parental generation moved into retirement. They must have thought that somehow or other the miners' fighting spirit had ebbed away, but the strike is now on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantages which we once enjoyed in supplying shipping services have long since ebbed away and our fleet has shrunk accordingly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it behoves us to look at the reasons why that mutual confidence has ebbed away in the intervening 30 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tide of battle has ebbed and flowed with varying success to either side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall help to raise expectations which, fortunately, have ebbed over the past two years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that the outbreaks of whooping cough have ebbed and flowed over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, the very fact that the old industries have ebbed away has caused the means for carrying them on to be woefully neglected. 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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