peter out

英 [ˈpiːtə(r) aʊt]

美 [ˈpiːtər aʊt]

逐渐结束; 逐渐消亡

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 逐渐结束；逐渐消亡
  If somethingpeters out, it gradually comes to an end.
  1. The six-month strike seemed to be petering out...
     长达6个月的罢工好像正逐渐平息。
  2. The road petered out into a rutted track.
     这条路渐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小径。

英英释义

verb

• use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  1. At the end of the march, I pooped out
  Synonym:poop outrun downrun outconk out
• end weakly
  1. The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
  Synonym:taper offfizzle outfizzle

双语例句

• And whereas Wi-Fi signals peter out after 100 metres or so, their white-space equivalents could have ranges of several kilometres.
  并且，wi-fi信号传输约100米后，就渐渐消失，与之相比，空白频段信号传播范围则可能为几千米。
• You said Peter was out of town.
  你不是告诉我他出差了吗。
• Peter took out his wallet and showed his ID to the man
  彼得掏出钱包向那人出示他的身份证件。
• A new concern Mr Rajan expressed while talking to the FT Financial Times, was that the productivity gains that have underpinned the world economy might peter out as fresh policy reforms stall.
  拉詹先生在接受《金融时报》采访时表达了一种新的忧虑，即随着新的政策改革陷入停滞，一度支撑了世界经济的生产率增长可能会逐渐消失。
• Peter blurted out the news.
  彼得不慎说出了秘密。
• The Bible tells us that Peter went out and cried bitterly.
  圣经说彼得就出去痛哭。
• Peter flung out his arms.
  彼得伸出了双臂。
• Although there remains a risk that the global recovery may peter out, the consultancy said that the 14.2 per cent of companies making a change in the top job represented a return to the seven-year historical average.
  尽管全球经济仍然存在复苏势头减弱风险，这家咨询公司表示，有14.2%的企业更换负责人，这已经恢复到了过去7年的历史平均水平。
• So Peter got out of the boat and also walked on the water.
  所以彼得从船上下来走在水面上。
• Peter launched out into another of his stories.
  彼得开始大谈特谈他的另一个经历。