tail-off

tail-off

美 　英

• un.跟蹤；漸漸低下去；咽了回去；零零落落地走出去
• 網絡去尾；噴出距離

詞形變化

復數：tail-offs  

英漢解釋

n.	1. the process of slowly becoming smaller in amount

例句

His words tail off, and he turns his head towards the lake as if in a final glance goodbye.

他不再說話，把頭轉向湖水，看了看湖面，像是做最后的告別。

There has been a similar tail-off in international companies seeking to tap investors in London.

希望在倫敦上市的海外企業數量也在減少。

After only a year at our department, Mr. A made his mark; my hat goes off to him for busting his tail off.

先生在本單位工作僅僅一年，他就做出貢獻。他的努力工作，我要向他致敬。

Amanda: How much does this job pay? Are you going to be working your tail off? Electronic guitars don't come cheap.

這份工作的薪水是多少？你打算拼命做嗎？電吉他可不便宜。

Some fear that the productivity improvements that have driven profit growth since the financial crisis will soon tail off.

有些人擔心自金融危機以來的一直驅動利潤增長的生產力水平的提高不久將萎縮。

"It's then, when subscriptions typically tail off, that we'll see if the industry will be able to withstand the recession. "

“正是在注冊用戶通常會減少的時候，我們才會明白這個行業能否抵御衰退的影響。”

Even if productivity growth does tail off, it may still be strong enough to match sluggish demand.

即使生產率的增長逐漸變緩，但它依然有可能強勁到足以適應萎靡不振的需求。

Here, the number of active users starts to tail off, with a large drop over the summer months.

這時，活動用戶的數量開始減少，在整個夏天的幾個月有較大幅度的下降。

As the country gets richer and its working-age population starts to shrink, that growth rate is likely to tail off to perhaps 8% soon.

隨著國家經濟實力增強同時工作年齡人口減少，增長率可能不久后會下滑至8%。

But, by October, EBS found volumes had already started to tail off, falling 7 per cent on the previous month to a six-month low.

但EBS數據表明，10月份以前交易量就已經開始下滑，10月份的交易量較上月下降7%，降至6個月的最低水平。

Orders for goods of this kind usually begin to tail off towards the end of the year.

對這一類貨物的訂購接近年終時通常開始逐漸減少。

Tests revealed that the ability to recall the right word tended to tail off as the day ended.

實驗顯示：一天快結束的時候，準確回憶單詞的能力隨之減弱。

EXAMPLE: Product sales were good until the holiday period, but after that they started to tail off.

產品銷售一直到節日期間都很好，但節后開始下滑。

For example, wages tend to be high near densely occupied blocks, but tail off within a mile or two.

舉例來說，在居民稠密街區的附近，工資往往較高，但一兩英里以外，工資水平就降下來了。

I worked my tail off on this project. The boss better appreciate it.

我費盡心血做這項計劃，希望老板能欣賞。

Mom, I think I deserve a night out. I've worked my tail off to get into Beijing University.

媽媽，我想我今晚可以出去玩的。為了上北大，我已經在很努力的學了。

benefits quickly tail off, in effect imposing a tax rate of 80%.

福利就迅速縮水，因為要承受高達80%的稅率。

I've worked my tail off for this company. You can't fire me now.

我為公司拼命地干活，你不能現在把我炒了。

After the Spring Festival, the number of tourist was tail off.

每年春節過后，游客的人數越來越少。

Still determined to tail off to remake her?

還是下定決心費盡心血去改造她？

At a guess right now, the vast likelihood is that it will tail off, rather than become a big thing.

現在不妨猜一猜，最有可能的是它會不了了之而不是變成一個龐然大物。

Ultimately, though, the saving grace of Asia is that growth rates are starting to tail off from a high base.

不過說到底，亞洲的優勢在于：它的經濟增長率是從一個較高的基礎上開始下降的。

I've been working my tail off! !

我的工作太辛苦了！

No matter what we do, we should not let the work tail off once it gets started.

我們無論做什么工作，都不能虎頭蛇尾。

For example, when would provision of treatment tail off?

例如，治療手段的供應何時終止？

no . we ' d snag the bridge . we ' ll tear the tail off

不行，我們會掛住橋把尾翼拉掉的

you cried because a badger bit its tail off

獾咬掉它的尾巴時你哭成了個淚人