taper off

英 [ˈteɪpə(r) ɒf]

美 [ˈteɪpər ɔːf]

逐渐减少; 逐渐缩小

法律

柯林斯词典

• → see:taper 2

英英释义

verb

• become smaller or less active
  1. Business tapered off
• end weakly
  1. The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
  Synonym:peter outfizzle outfizzle

双语例句

• I hope you can taper off smoking.
  我希望你能逐渐地减少吸烟量。
• The sleet began to taper off, and silence returned like a lost friend.
  冰雹开始（begin）减弱，寂静像失赴的朋友再度归来。
• You'd better taper off the amount of time given to rest.
  你最好逐渐地减少休息时间。
• The market has benefited from an$ 8,000 tax credit for first-time buyers and the Federal Reserve's purchase of mortgage-backed securities but the tax credit expires at the end of November, and the Fed is starting to taper off its purchases.
  针对首次购房者的8000美元税收抵免，以及美联储买入按揭支持证券，令房地产市场得益，但税收抵免将在11年底失效，而美联储也开始逐渐停止购买行为。
• If you believe Malcolm Gladwell, then the curve will eventually taper off.
  如果你相信马尔科姆o格拉威德尔的预言，那么这条曲线最终会递减直至消失。
• Talk that it would taper off its bond purchases, which kept US rates low and encouraged money to go overseas, last summer led to a sell-off in emerging markets.
  美联储对债券的收购将美国利率保持在低点，并鼓励资金流向海外。而去年夏天，有关美联储会逐步缩减这一收购力度的说法，曾导致新兴市场出现一轮抛售行为。
• Sales are expected to taper off after the year-end holiday season.
  年底节日过后，预计商店的销售额就会逐渐减少。
• Either way, those enviable levels of credit growth are likely to taper off soon.
  不管是哪种情况，那些令人羡慕的信贷增长水平都可能会很快消失。
• In countries with a temperate climate, seasonal epidemics typically taper off in the spring and end before summer.
  在气候温和的国家，季节性流感通常在春季减弱，在夏季来临前结束。
• These increases taper off after a time, though, unless they enter management.
  然而，除非你能进入管理层，这样的增长在一定时间后就渐渐停滞了。