recede

1. V-I If something recedes from you, it moves away. 遠離

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，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) 減弱; (問題或疾病等) 好轉

Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede. 就在我開始認爲我將永遠不會好起來的時候，我的病開始好轉。

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. …一個前額黑發(fā)剛開始脫落的相儅年輕的男人。