recede

verb

1. 逐渐远离；渐渐远去
   to move gradually away from sb or away from a previous position
   1. The sound of the truck receded into the distance.
      卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。
   2. She watched his receding figure.
      她看着他的身影渐渐远去。
2. 逐渐减弱；慢慢变小
   to become gradually weaker or smaller
   1. The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely) .
      破产的可能性现已减少了。
   2. The pain was receding slightly.
      疼痛正在一点一点地减弱。
3. （头顶前部）头发停止生长，变秃
   to stop growing at the front of the head
   1. a middle-aged man with receding hair/a receding hairline
      发际后移的中年男子
4. 向后缩的下巴
   a chin that slopes backwards towards the neck

1. VERB 退回;后退;远离
   If something recedes from you, it moves away.
   1. Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
      卢克在夜色中渐行渐远。
   2. As she receded he waved goodbye.
      她离开的时候他挥手告别。
   3. ...the receding lights of the car.
      越来越远的汽车灯光
2. VERB （质量）下降;（问题或疾病等）逐渐减弱，好转
   When something such as a quality, problem, or illness recedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
   1. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede...
      正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候，我的病开始好转了。
   2. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
      交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。
3. VERB （前额的头发）脱落
   If a man's hair starts to recede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
   1. ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede...
      前额黑发刚开始脱落的年轻人
   2. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
      酒吧男招待面色红润，前额有点脱发。
4. VERB （常指牙龈因为感染）萎缩
   If your gums start to recede, they begin to cover less of your teeth, usually as the result of an infection.
   1. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed...
      如果不进行治疗，牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。
   2. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
      牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的，也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。

1. Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.
   通常，绘画中暖色调为近感色，而冷色调为远感色。
2. As she receded he waved goodbye.
   她离开的时候他挥手告别。
3. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede
   正当我开始觉得自己永远都好不了了的时候，我的病开始好转了。
4. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
   交易者对美元走软和经济复苏前景渐趋暗淡渐渐担忧起来。
5. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
   酒吧男招待面色红润，前额有点脱发。
6. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed
   如果不进行治疗，牙龈会开始萎缩、红肿和出血。
7. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
   牙龈萎缩可能是疾病导致的，也可能仅仅是错误的刷牙方式引起的。
8. The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
   洪水开始退去，留下一些沼泽地。
9. This effect, they say, is raising average temperatures and sea levels as the polar ice caps recede.
   科学家们都说，这种温室效应正在使全球平均气温升高，正在使南极和北极地区的冰盖融化，随之而来的也正在使全球海洋的水平面上升。
10. As time moved on my grief and anger at his untimely death began to recede.
    随着时间流逝我对他的永远死去而感到悲伤和愤懑情绪渐渐减弱了。
11. As lenders and investors inevitably become more discriminating, liquidity will recede and a number of problems will surface.
    随着贷款机构和投资者辨别能力的必然增强，流动性将有所减少，许多问题也将浮现出来。
12. Houses and trees seem to recede as you ride past in a train.
    当你乘火车经过时，房屋和树木似乎向后掠去。
13. The plane takes off, and we watch the ground recede.
    飞机起飞了，我们看到地面逐渐运去。
14. I confidently predicted that in 2003 the global supply of management cant would recede.
    我在文章中自信地预言，2003年管理术语的全球供应量将会下降。
15. CRU expects aluminium prices to recede from these high levels if no further supply shocks occur.
    CRU预计，如果没有发生进一步的供应危机，铝价将从当前的高位回落。
16. If it was used little or not at all, then it recede.
    如果对它使用很少或完全不使用，它就会退化。
17. School and home seemed to recede from us and their influences upon us seemed to wane.
    学校和家庭似乎离我们越来越远了，对我们的约束也越来越松了。
18. He saw that the dirty water had begun to recede.
    他发现那污浊的水开始往下退了。
19. In short, liquidity should re-emerge and solvency fears recede.
    简而言之，流动性应再次出现，偿付能力的担忧应消退。
20. His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
    他的头发开始从前额往后秃了。
21. But after all I could not recede.
    但是我毕竟不能打退堂鼓。
22. The floods in southern Russia are beginning to recede in some areas.
    俄罗斯南部的洪水在一些地区开始退去。
23. The floodwaters that have surrounded central Bangkok for the past few weeks started to recede.
    持续了好几周的曼谷洪水终于开始退却。
24. The tide that lifts you now will soon recede.
    现在送你高升的潮水很快就会退下。
25. The urge to save is likely to recede but will not disappear overnight.
    储蓄的欲望可能会减退，但不会在一夜之间消失。
26. I may disregard the time to recede, so long as you also in.
    可以无视时间远走，只要你还在。
27. The color is not recede should always belong to you, so go on let it go.
    退去的颜色是不应该永远属于你的，所以该去的就让它去吧。
28. But the consensus has also been for price pressures to recede over the rest of the second half.
    但是，他们也一致认为，价格压力将在下半年剩余时间消退。
29. My hostage to fortune for 2004 is that this sort of guff has peaked and will recede.
    我敢打赌，在2004年，这类废话已经过了顶峰期，将会走下坡路。
30. The shaded areas of the face seemed to recede.
    画里脸上有阴影的部分看起来应该后退一点。

verb

1. become faint or more distant
   1. the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older

2. retreat

   Synonym:    fall backlosedrop offfall behind

3. pull back or move away or backward
   1. The enemy withdrew
   2. The limo pulled away from the curb

   Synonym:    withdrawretreatpull awaydraw backpull backretiremove back