peter out

基本解釋

Output peaked in 2002 and may peter out in a decade.
2002年，產(chǎn)量達到頂峰，而且也許會在10年間逐漸消失。
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Even if the IPO bonanza were to peter out, there would be other opportunities.
即使IPO這塊肥肉已經(jīng)被分光了，其他的機會還是存在的。
Moreover, most of this improvement will peter out in subsequent years, leaving the outlook as dismal as before.
另外，大部分進展在接下來幾年都會消失殆盡，情況就會像以前一樣令人沮喪。

"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.
The character of Peter brought directly out of the New Testament is really slicing through the poem's fictive veneer.
彼得的形象是直接從中借鑒而來的,在這首詩虛構的偽飾中顯得格外犀利。
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Alpheus is also the god of erotic pastoral poetry, it turns out, and this god is literally gone underground during the terrifying appearance of Saint Peter.
阿爾甫斯也是描寫愛欲的詩歌之神，從詩句上來看，這位神靈在圣彼得面前,悄無聲息的隱匿了蹤影。
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The depreciation writeoffs on the older assets peter out, eventually making more of the dividend taxable.
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