taper off
英 [ˈteɪpə(r) ɒf]
美 [ˈteɪpər ɔːf]
逐渐减少; 逐渐缩小
柯林斯词典
- → see:taper 2
英英释义
verb
- become smaller or less active
- Business tapered off
- end weakly
- The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
双语例句
- In countries with a temperate climate, seasonal epidemics typically taper off in the spring and end before summer.
在气候温和的国家，季节性流感通常在春季减弱，在夏季来临前结束。 - Those factors combined with the videogame industry's cycles ─ where sales taper off before a new game console is released ─ have hurt sales of new games, consoles and accessories.
这些因素加上视频游戏行业的周期因素（新的游戏机发布之前销售减弱）削弱了新的游戏、游戏机和配件的销售。 - Sales are expected to taper off after the year-end holiday season.
年底节日过后，预计商店的销售额就会逐渐减少。 - The market has benefited from an$ 8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers and the Federal Reserve's purchase of mortgage-backed securities but the tax credit expires at the end of November, and the Fed is starting to taper off its purchases.
针对首次购房者的8000美元税收抵免，以及美联储买入按揭支持证券，令房地产市场得益，但税收抵免将在11年底失效，而美联储也开始逐渐停止购买行为。 - With winter coming to Afghanistan's towering mountains, fighting could taper off as movement becomes difficult along the border with Pakistan.
随着冬季降临阿富汗的高山，在巴基斯坦边境的活动将变得困难，战斗也将逐渐减少。 - Retail spending has also been boosted by one-off subsidies Wuhan is one of several cities offering incentives to buy white goods and sales growth could yet taper off when these benefits are withdrawn.
零售支出还受到了一次性补贴的提振武汉就是针对家电购买推出激励措施的几个城市之一。撤销这些补贴后，销售增长就可能逐渐停止。 - Talk that it would taper off its bond purchases, which kept US rates low and encouraged money to go overseas, last summer led to a sell-off in emerging markets.
美联储对债券的收购将美国利率保持在低点，并鼓励资金流向海外。而去年夏天，有关美联储会逐步缩减这一收购力度的说法，曾导致新兴市场出现一轮抛售行为。 - Financial aids generally taper off after the first year of college.
助学金通常在大学一年级之后逐渐减少。 - I hope you can taper off smoking.
我希望你能逐渐地减少吸烟量。 - Taper the plug off a bit with a chisel so that it will sit into the hole.
用凿子把这塞子一头削尖点，使它能塞进孔里。