
美:/'səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/
GRE,SAT
n. 下沉
v. 下沉;沉澱(subside的ing形式)
Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?
那意味着整棟房子正在下陷嗎?
The heavy rain is subsiding.
大雨正在逐漸平息。
The flooded river was subsiding rapidly.
泛濫的河水正在迅速退落。
Houses in several Arctic towns are already badly subsiding.
有幾個北極城鎮的房子已經嚴重下沉。
Levels of radiation have mostly been subsiding, though unevenly spread.
輻射水平總的來說在下降,雖然擴散很不均勻。
n.|sinkage/submergence;下沉
v.|sinking/diping;下沉;沉澱(subside的ing形式)
"subsiding"是動詞subside的現在分詞形式,表示逐漸減弱、下降或平息的過程。該詞源自拉丁語"subsīdere"(意為坐下、沉澱),在當代英語中主要包含三層含義:
物理性下沉或減退 指具體物質或自然現象的下降過程,如洪水退去或地面沉降。牛津英語詞典記載該用法可追溯至17世紀,例句:"After three days of heavy rain, the floodwaters are finally subsiding."(牛津大學出版社,https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/)
強度或程度的減弱 描述抽象事物的衰減,適用于疼痛、風暴等自然現象或社會沖突。劍橋詞典指出該詞常用于醫療語境,如:"The patient's fever showed no signs of subsiding despite medication."(劍橋大學出版社,https://dictionary.cambridge.org/)
情緒或活動的平息 表示激動情緒或社會動蕩的緩和過程。根據《韋氏詞典》釋義,該用法常見于心理學領域,例句:"The crowd's anger subsided after the authorities promised an investigation."(梅裡亞姆-韋伯斯特公司,https://www.merriam-webster.com/)
在地質學領域,該詞特指地殼運動引起的緩慢沉降現象,相關研究可參考美國地質調查局(USGS)的地表變形監測報告(https://www.usgs.gov)。
單詞subsiding 是動詞subside 的現在分詞形式,其核心含義是逐漸減弱、下降或平息。以下是詳細解釋:
自然現象
The floodwaters are finallysubsiding after days of heavy rain.
(暴雨數日後,洪水終于開始退去。)
健康/症狀
Her feversubsided after taking medication.
(服藥後,她的發燒症狀減輕了。)
情緒/沖突
The tension between them graduallysubsided as they talked.
(隨着交談,他們之間的緊張關系逐漸緩和。)
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