"tail off" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 逐漸減少
• 逐漸減弱

Definition

逐漸變得更小、更弱或更安靜，通常直到完全消失。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Tail off” 是非正式用語，常用於形容聲音、數字、活動或趨勢逐漸減弱。與動物尾巴無關。常見於進行式：'his voice tailed off'。與 'peter out' 類似，但“tail off”強調逐漸消失的過程。

Examples

The crowd noise began to tail off after the final goal.

進了最後一球後，觀眾的喧嘩聲開始**逐漸減少**。

Her voice tailed off as she got tired.

她累了，聲音**逐漸減弱**。

The sales numbers tailed off at the end of the year.

年底時，銷售數字**逐漸減少**。

Let’s wait here until the rain tails off a bit.

我們就在這裡等雨**逐漸變小**吧。

His enthusiasm really tailed off after the first week.

他的熱情在第一週後**逐漸減弱**了。

The meeting discussion just tailed off because no one had anything new to add.

會議討論**逐漸變得冷清**，因為沒有人再有新話題。