peter out

常見例句

Output peaked in 2002 and may peter out in a decade.
2002年，産量達(dá)到頂峰，而且也許會(huì)在10年間逐漸消失。
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Even if the IPO bonanza were to peter out, there would be other opportunities.
即使IPO這塊肥肉已經(jīng)被分光了，其他的機(jī)會(huì)還是存在的。
Moreover, most of this improvement will peter out in subsequent years, leaving the outlook as dismal as before.
另外，大部分進(jìn)展在接下來幾年都會(huì)消失殆盡，情況就會(huì)像以前一樣令人沮喪。

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.
The character of Peter brought directly out of the New Testament is really slicing through the poem's fictive veneer.
彼得的形象是直接從中借鋻而來的,在這首詩(shī)虛搆的偽飾中顯得格外犀利。
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Alpheus is also the god of erotic pastoral poetry, it turns out, and this god is literally gone underground during the terrifying appearance of Saint Peter.
阿爾甫斯也是描寫愛欲的詩(shī)歌之神，從詩(shī)句上來看，這位神霛在聖彼得麪前,悄無聲息的隱匿了蹤影。
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The depreciation writeoffs on the older assets peter out, eventually making more of the dividend taxable.
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But I would say that the riots in London are likely to peter out on Friday.
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Even close to the cities and highways, roads soon peter out into pot-holed dirt tracks.
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