peter out
英 [ˈpiːtə(r) aʊt]
美 [ˈpiːtər aʊt]
逐渐结束; 逐渐消亡
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 逐渐结束;逐渐消亡
If somethingpeters out, it gradually comes to an end.- The six-month strike seemed to be petering out...
长达6个月的罢工好像正逐渐平息。 - The road petered out into a rutted track.
这条路渐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小径。
- The six-month strike seemed to be petering out...
英英释义
verb
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- At the end of the march, I pooped out
- end weakly
- The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
双语例句
- But this figure could decline a lot in the next few months, particularly if the boom in steelmaking, one factor that has pushed up iron ore prices in the past four years, starts to peter out later in 2008.
但在未来的数月中,该价值会下降许多,尤其是如果钢铁业的繁荣在2008年下半年开始消退的情况下&这轮繁荣是在过去4年中推升铁矿石价格的因素之一。 - Wendy quite liked it, until Peter pointed out the drawbacks.
温迪挺喜欢这样,可是后来彼得指出了缺点。 - So Peter got out of the boat and also walked on the water.
所以彼得从船上下来走在水面上。 - Peter scratched out his name on the bark of the tree.
彼得把他的名家刻在树皮上。 - It is said that Peter fled out of the prison after having been sentenced to death.
听说被判处死刑后,彼得从监狱里逃了出来。 - But though the Hangzhou strike is likely to peter out, the grievances that sparked it may not be resolved so easily, and may resurface elsewhere, say labour analysts.
劳工问题分析人士称,虽然杭州的罢工很可能逐渐平息,但引燃此次罢工的不满怒火可能不那么容易扑灭,并可能在其它地方再度冒头。 - Peter moved out bag and baggage yesterday and the room became quiet today.
昨天,彼得连人带东西全部搬走了。那个房间变得很安静。 - You said Peter was out of town.
你不是告诉我他出差了吗。 - Despite a face-to-face meeting with Madoff in which the regulators caught him telling an obvious falsehood about his options trading, the commission concluded there was no evidence of fraud and allowed the investigation to peter out.
尽管在证交会与马多夫的一次面谈中,后者关于自己期权交易的说法出现了一处明显谬误,但证交会还是得出了不存在欺诈证据的结论,并允许调查逐渐停止。 - In my judgment, the positive impact of a fiscal stimulus will peter out after its scheduled completion.
否则按我的判断,财政刺激的积极影响将在其按计划完成后逐渐降低。