peter out 详细解释
peter out
逐渐减少
逐渐减少; 逐渐消耗
The car engine just petered out after ten years of hard driving.
结结实实开了十年之后, 那部车的引擎渐渐耗损了。
Seeing no future in it, his interest in the job petered out.
因为看不出有什么前途, 他对那件工作的兴趣就日渐低落。
The storm is petering out.
暴风雨正渐渐平息。
词形变化
动词过去式: petered | 动词过去分词: petered | 动词现在分词: petering | 动词第三人称单数: peters |
英英释义
动词 peter out:
end weakly
同义词：taper off, fizzle out, fizzle
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
同义词：poop out, run down, run out, conk out
补充
peter outpeter outv.1.逐渐消失例句
1. The six-month strike seemed to be petering out.长达六个月的罢工似乎正逐渐停息。 2. Nancy managed to secure some clerical work, but that job petered out after just three months.南希设法找了一份文书工作, 但只干了三个月就不干了。 3. Come August, coverage of the story had all but petered out.到了8月份, 对此事的报道几乎销声匿迹了。 4. They started up fragments of conversation which petered out into nervous silence.他们开始断断续续地谈话, 后来就陷入了令人紧张的沉默。 5. The road peters out seven kilometres short of the village.这条路在离村子七公里的地方就到头了。 6. The road petered out into a rutted track.这条路逐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小道。 7. As the river dried up, our water supply petered out.由于河流枯竭，我们的供水逐渐断绝。 8. Their romantic relationship petered out after the summer.他们的爱情在夏天后就趋于平淡了。 9. Interest in the sport is beginning to peter out.对运动的兴趣开始逐渐减小。热门单词推荐
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