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Recede Receding Means Verb 动词   [V   [V Ing Hair

英语单词 recede
英美音标 英 [rɪ'siːd] 美 [rɪ'siːd]
中文释义 vi.后退;减弱
vt.撤回
英语例句 (1) His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
(2) As the tide receded we were able to look for shells.
(3) The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded.
(4) Eventually the danger began to recede.
(5) The company decided to recede from a bargain.
中文例句 (1) 他的头发开始从前额往后秃了。
(2) 潮水退去,我们就能寻找贝壳了。
(3) 破产的危险已经减少了。
(4) 这种危险终于开始减轻。
(5) 公司决定撤销买卖合同。
vocabulary简明 Recede means to pull back, retreat, or become faint or distant. Flood waters recede, as do glaciers, and even abstractions like "panic" and "hope." Think "receding hairline." (That means bald.)
vocabulary扩展 Cede means to yield. Politicians, after losing an election will "cede the field" or "concede the race." Recede means to yield back. Over time it has collected a sense of fading, or growing faint, as in "The ghostly vision of a woman receded into the fog."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]退回;后退;远离 If something recedes from you, it moves away.
  [V prep]
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  • Luke's footsteps receded into the night...

    卢克在夜色中渐行渐远。

  • As she receded he waved goodbye.

    她离开的时候他挥手告别。

  • ...the receding lights of the car.

    越来越远的汽车灯光

2
[VERB 动词](质量)下降;(问题或疾病等)逐渐减弱,好转 When something such as a quality, problem, or illness recedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  [Also V prep]
  • Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede...

    正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候,我的病开始好转了。

  • Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.

    交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。

3
[VERB 动词](前额的头发)脱落 If a man's hair starts to recede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  [Also V at/from n]
  • ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede...

    前额黑发刚开始脱落的年轻人

  • The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.

    酒吧男招待面色红润,前额有点脱发。

4
[VERB 动词](常指牙龈因为感染)萎缩 If your gums start to recede, they begin to cover less of your teeth, usually as the result of an infection.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  • If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed...

    如果不进行治疗,牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。

  • Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.

    牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的,也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。

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