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外刊例句
- The fiscal stimulus from President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, which in 2018 has shielded America from a global economic slowdown, will soon begin to subside.
总统特朗普的减税措施带来的财政刺激让美国在2018年免受全球经济放缓的牵连,但它们的功效很快就会开始减退。
——《经济学人》 - “I kept waiting for things to subside,” he told me. “And then it never did.”
“我一直在等着事情平静下来,”他对我说。“但打那以后从未发生。”
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] become less intense, violent, or severe
[动词] 变得不那么强烈、剧烈或严重
深入解读
Subside 一词源自拉丁语 subsidere (坐下、下沉、跌倒、留下、蹲下),进入英语时指“下沉、沉降、下陷”或者说“沉到底、沉淀”,多用于形容地面或建筑物,比如:
- 由于地基不实,房子出现沉降。
Weak foundations caused the house to subside. - 酒渣慢慢地沉淀下来。
The lees of wine gradually subside.
当用于形容水面时,则表示“(水位)回落”或“(洪水)减退、消退”,比如:
- 当地官员称洪水已经退去了。
Local officials say the flood waters have subsided.
由此再进一步引申,则可以形容疼痛、感情、争斗、风雨等状况“平息、缓和、趋于平静”,比如:
- 在冷静下来之前不要贸然作出决定。
Don't make precipitate decisions until the feelings subside. - 凯瑟琳终于慢慢停止了抽泣。
Catherine's sobs finally subsided.
另外在口语中, subside 还可以表示“(像下沉那样慢慢地)坐下、跪下、躺倒”,比如:
- 她疲惫至极,瘫坐在椅子里。
She was thoroughly tired, and subsided into a chair.
名人用例
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
痛苦是暂时的。它可能会持续一分钟、一小时、一天或一年,但最终它会消退,然后其他的东西会取代它。然而,如果我放弃了,它将永远持续下去。
出自美国职业自行车运动员兰斯·阿姆斯特朗(Lance Armstrong,1971年9月18日-)。他通过服用机能辅助类违禁药物的方式,从1999年到2005年连续七次获得环法自行车赛冠军。2012年,他1998年8月之后的所有成绩被取消,并被终身禁赛。
同近义词
- abate: (of something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative) become less intense or widespread
- lessen: make or become less; diminish
- moderate: make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent