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ebb n.退潮；衰落vi.落潮；衰退 (1) 他们于退潮时出航了。(2) 但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。(3) 公德与私德均在衰落之中。(4) 制造业现正处于衰落中。(5) 我们丢给了她船尾的一条七尺长的绳子，让她舒适地感受落潮的律动。(6) 该国的经济处於衰退阶段。(7) 脑子不好好用，就要衰退或走偏。 Ebb is often used in the phrase, "ebb and flow," referring to the cyclical changing of the tides from low to high and back to low again. This sense of cyclical change can also be applied to other things. If you want to make money investing, you have to weather the ebb and flow of the stock market.

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英 [eb] 美 [eb] (1) They started sailing on the ebb.(2) But the moments will never ebb away.(3) Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.(4) Manufacturing business is now at a low ebb.(5) We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla,and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide.(6) The economy of the country is at a low ebb.(7) Brain is not used well, be about to ebb or go slant. When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb — meaning it has receded from the shore. 1[VERB 动词]（潮水或海水）退，落 When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls.   [V]When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]退潮（期）；落潮（期） The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land.   [usu the N]...the spring ebb tide...春季退潮We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。3[VERB 动词]衰退；减退；减弱 If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears.   [V]  [V P]  [FORMAL 正式]...as a man's physical strength ebbs...随着人体力的衰退Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?会有热情减退的时候么？Ebb away means the same as ebb.ebb away 同 ebbHis little girl's life ebbed away...他小女儿的生命一点一点流逝。Their popular support is ebbing away.他们的人气正在衰退。4[PHRASE 短语]处于低潮；处于衰退状态 If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable.   [v-link PHR]...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.政府的支持率跌到了最低点。5[PHRASE 短语]起伏；消长；盛衰 You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.   [usu PHR of n]...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.感觉和情绪的起伏

英语单词	ebb
英美音标	英 [eb] 美 [eb]
中文释义	n.退潮；衰落 vi.落潮；衰退
英语例句	(1) They started sailing on the ebb. (2) But the moments will never ebb away. (3) Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb. (4) Manufacturing business is now at a low ebb. (5) We dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla,and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide. (6) The economy of the country is at a low ebb. (7) Brain is not used well, be about to ebb or go slant.
中文例句	(1) 他们于退潮时出航了。 (2) 但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。 (3) 公德与私德均在衰落之中。 (4) 制造业现正处于衰落中。 (5) 我们丢给了她船尾的一条七尺长的绳子，让她舒适地感受落潮的律动。 (6) 该国的经济处於衰退阶段。 (7) 脑子不好好用，就要衰退或走偏。
vocabulary简明	When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb — meaning it has receded from the shore.
vocabulary扩展	Ebb is often used in the phrase, "ebb and flow," referring to the cyclical changing of the tides from low to high and back to low again. This sense of cyclical change can also be applied to other things. If you want to make money investing, you have to weather the ebb and flow of the stock market.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（潮水或海水）退，落 When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. [V] When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]退潮（期）；落潮（期） The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. [usu the N] ...the spring ebb tide... 春季退潮 We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning. 我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。 3 [VERB 动词]衰退；减退；减弱 If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. [V] [V P] [FORMAL 正式] ...as a man's physical strength ebbs... 随着人体力的衰退 Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? 会有热情减退的时候么？ Ebb away means the same as ebb.ebb away 同 ebb His little girl's life ebbed away... 他小女儿的生命一点一点流逝。 Their popular support is ebbing away. 他们的人气正在衰退。 4 [PHRASE 短语]处于低潮；处于衰退状态 If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable. [v-link PHR] ...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb... 每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间 The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb. 政府的支持率跌到了最低点。 5 [PHRASE 短语]起伏；消长；盛衰 You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls. [usu PHR of n] ...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods. 感觉和情绪的起伏

Ebb Low Tide Lowest Sea Flow Gradually Time