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

• Peter flung out his arms.
  彼得伸出了双臂。
• Indeed the number of new and significant packages may begin to peter out as the public accounts of most countries can no longer cope with the growing burden of insolvency or assume further private sector risk.
  事实上，随着多数国家不再有能力应对日益增长的破产负担或是进一步承担私营部门的风险，新的大规模救援计划可能会逐渐减少。
• Peter blurted out the news before he considered the consequence.
  彼得未考虑后果就把消息泄露了。
• The good news is that H1N1 is hitting North America at the tail end of its flu season. It's possible that the virus may peter out and re-appear next autumn, but that gives us months to prepare.
  好消息是，甲型H1N1流感是在北美流感季节快要结束时出现的，病毒可能会逐步消失并在秋天再次出现，但这将给我们数个月的准备时间。
• Peter moved out bag and baggage yesterday and the room became quiet today.
  昨天，彼得连人带东西全部搬走了。那个房间变得很安静。
• The Bible tells us that Peter went out and cried bitterly.
  圣经说彼得就出去痛哭。
• Wendy quite liked it, until Peter pointed out the drawbacks.
  温迪挺喜欢这样，可是后来彼得指出了缺点。
• When his homework was done, Peter went out to play.
  作业做好了，彼得出去玩了。
• Despite a face-to-face meeting with Madoff in which the regulators caught him telling an obvious falsehood about his options trading, the commission concluded there was no evidence of fraud and allowed the investigation to peter out.
  尽管在证交会与马多夫的一次面谈中，后者关于自己期权交易的说法出现了一处明显谬误，但证交会还是得出了不存在欺诈证据的结论，并允许调查逐渐停止。
• Peter launched out into another of his stories.
  彼得开始大谈特谈他的另一个经历。