tail off

英 [teɪl ɒf]

美 [teɪl ɔːf]

（声音）逐渐变弱; 逐渐减少; 越来越不重要; 逐渐消失

柯林斯词典

• See also:Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent...The drug's effect does not tail off after it has been used repeatedly.tail away

双语例句

• For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?
  例如，治疗手段的供应何时终止？
• Sales tend to tail off toward the end of the season.
  该季节末期，销售量会减小。
• He ragged edges has sheared away. I cut the tail off before I cook the fish.
  切掉了参差不齐的边。我在煮之前先切掉鱼尾。
• The EIA predicts that US crude output will begin to tail off slowly after 2020, but says there is great uncertainty over the outlook.
  美国能源情报署预计，美国原油产量将在2020年后开始缓缓下降，但表示这一前景仍有很大不确定性。
• Tests revealed that the ability to recall the right word tended to tail off as the day ended.
  实验显示：一天快结束的时候，准确回忆单词的能力随之减弱。
• In our motherland hidden underground everywhere is a wealth of mineral resources. South Africa's gold and mineral bonanza is beginning to tail off.
  祖国的地下到处都埋藏着丰富的矿产资源。南非的丰富黄金矿藏量以及其它矿业资源正在日益枯竭。
• A kangaroo needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。
• A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
  如果袋鼠的尾巴离开地面就不能跳跃。
• He picked up the dead mouse by the tail and went off with it.
  这个人用手勾着死老鼠的尾巴，就上路了。
• After only a year at our department, Mr.A made his mark; my hat goes off to him for busting his tail off.
  先生在本单位工作仅仅一年，他就做出贡献。他的努力工作，我要向他致敬。