petered

英 ['pi:təd]

美

v. 渐渐枯竭[消失]( peter的过去式和过去分词 ); 逐渐减少; 逐渐减弱; 慢慢消失
peter的过去式, 过去分词

双语例句

• But, after 2000, as the crisis remained confined to emerging markets, discussion petered out.
  然而，2000年之后，由于危机依然只局限于新兴市场，讨论逐渐平息了。
• Assets under management more than tripled in the first three quarters of 2007, but the growth almost petered out in the last quarter of the year, Z-Ben research said, as the stock market changed direction.
  上海咨奔的报告显示，2007年前3个季度，基金公司管理的资产增加了两倍有余，但在第四季度，随着股市走向转变，资产增长几乎消失殆尽。
• History suggests that trends established during periods of low trading volumes have swiftly petered out once volumes picked up.
  历史表明，在交投清淡时期确立的趋势，一旦交投活跃起来，就会迅速瓦解。
• But the early advance quickly petered out, as the worries of the last few weeks returned.
  但很快过去几周的担忧又重新占据了市场，早前的上涨随即烟消云散。
• "Seeing no future in it, his interest in the job petered out."
  “因为看不出有什么前途，他对那件工作的兴趣就日渐低落。”
• He was petered out after a day's work.
  干了一天活，他筋疲力尽了。
• The fighting which started in the night had petered out by morning.
  夜间开始的战斗到早晨逐渐平息了。
• The car engine just petered out after ten years of hard driving.
  结结实实开了十年之后，那部车的引擎渐渐耗损了。
• The meeting petered out after two hours.
  会议在两小时后接近尾声。
• The need for that kind of books has petered out.
  对那种书的需求逐渐消失了。