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
- 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。 - 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of several cities offering incentives to buy white goods and sales growth could yet taper off when these benefits are withdrawn.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。 - I hope you can taper off smoking.
我希望你能逐渐地减少吸烟量。 - 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。 - 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。 - Either way, those enviable levels of credit growth are likely to taper off soon.
不管是哪种情况，那些令人羡慕的信贷增长水平都可能会很快消失。 - The sleet began to taper off, and silence returned like a lost friend.
冰雹开始（begin）减弱，寂静像失赴的朋友再度归来。 - You'd better taper off the amount of time given to rest.
你最好逐渐地减少休息时间。 - 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。 - So, after about a month of consistent rewards for a new behavior, taper off. Instead, reward yourself or others spontaneously!
所以，对一种新的行为举止进行了大约一个月的奖励后，就停下来，而只在需要的时候才奖励自己和别的人。