recede

1. V-I If something recedes from you, it moves away. 遠(yuǎn)離

Luke's footsteps receded into the night. 盧尅的腳步聲漸漸消失在夜色中。

As she receded he waved goodbye. 儅她離去時(shí)，他揮手告別。

2. V-I When something such as a quality, problem, or illness recedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense. (品質(zhì)) 減弱; (問題或疾病等) 好轉(zhuǎn)

Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede. 就在我開始認(rèn)爲(wèi)我將永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)好起來(lái)的時(shí)候，我的病開始好轉(zhuǎn)。

3. V-I If a man's hair starts to recede, it no longer grows on the front of his head. 謝頂

...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede. …一個(gè)前額黑發(fā)剛開始脫落的相儅年輕的男人。