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

• The tail came slap off.
  尾巴忽然掉了下来。
• The dog's tail tapered off to a point.
  这狗的尾部逐渐变细成为一个尖梢。
• 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。
• Sales tend to tail off toward the end of the season.
  该季节末期，销售量会减小。
• 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。
• 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。
• But then it normally begins to tail off after six months or so.
  然而通常在六个月之后就会开始减弱。
• 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。
• Just a few months ago, analysts had expected that Chinese economic growth would tail off more sharply in the fourth quarter, but for now it appears to be close to its 7.8 per cent year-on-year pace of the third quarter.
  就在短短几个月前，分析师们曾预计，中国经济增长将在第四季度比较剧烈地回落，但现在看来，第四季度增长将接近第三季度7.8%的同比增幅。
• Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent
  去年，经济增长率下降到4%以下。