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 subside [səb'saɪd]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vi. 沉淀, 沉降, 平息



    subside


    Subside \Sub*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsided}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Subsiding}.] [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere
    to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See
    {Sit}.]
    1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

    2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
    ``Heaven's subsiding hill.'' --Dryden.

    3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be
    calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as,
    the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the
    fever has subsided. ``In cases of danger, pride and envy
    naturally subside.'' --C. Middleton.

    Syn: See {Abate}.

    1. As productivity gains associated with the early stages of recovery subside, input price rises may become harder for companies to absorb and will thus feed through more easily to the retail level.
    2. Every now and then a field will subside, and the lawn in front of the St. Saviour's rectory undulates because of air raid shelters below.
    3. But trade tensions are unlikely to subside, especially if the US economic recovery continues to be weak. According to a senior US diplomat in Tokyo: 'A new administration will almost certainly have to have another go at the trade issue.
    4. Poland, by comparison, had suffered years of rampant inflation that ate up savings and has started to subside under the reforms, Sachs said.
    5. The U.S. already sells significant quantities of wheat, soybeans and corn to Iraq and could do more business in capital goods if that country's hostilities with Iran were to subside.
    6. OECD officials predicted that inflation should continue to subside this year.
    7. "The people are safe _ there's nothing that can be done until the seas subside," Milligan said.
    8. "The minor, minor benefit of the testimony is so outweighed by the anger and hurt that will never subside," Mr. Skoloff says.
    9. But pressure may subside on platinum prices, Mr. Savaiko said.
    10. Admittedly the arrangements carried only a 14-day maturity, but we are past the point where money rates could credibly rise again once ERM pressures subside.
    11. Conflicting rumors from the tense Middle East buffeted oil prices today and jolted other financial markets, but the panicky trading atmosphere caused by Iraq's seizure of Kuwait last week seemed to subside.
    12. Turnover levels began to subside last week, compared with the virtually record levels achieved the previous week.
    13. The share price and the excitement began to subside yesterday, with Xerox closing down 3/4 at 61 on much lower volume of 719,900 shares.
    14. "The market will probably subside in mid-February," but a major sales dive isn't likely, Cedergren said.
    15. He said he doesn't consider the issue a serious problem and "I do hope the controversy will subside." It's not the first time the lake's name has been changed.
    16. In the years 1988 and beyond, inflation will subside to a bit above 2% by 1992, according to the forecast.
    17. It took more than 10 years for that shock to subside.
    18. An inundated National Guard tanker aircraft at St Joseph waits for the waters of the Missouri to subside.
    19. No one expects the battles to subside.
    20. Tense relations attributed to the land claim did not subside with Guyana's independence from Britain in 1966, and only began to improve when Hoyte came to power in 1985.
    21. But the sales market was so quiet at the time that examples of non-payment were few and far between. Since the New Year, as asking prices subside steadily to reflect real recessional values, sales volume has started to pick up.
    22. Only when the house lights were switched on did the love feast subside.
    23. One theory suggests that such bright points are minimal during peak flare periods and increase dramatically as flares subside.
    24. It could be a cyclical problem that will subside, he added.
    25. Now that the money is out, it looks likely to stay out until current tensions subside.
    26. But whatever the ups and downs of the figures over the next month or two, many economists argue that inflation is likely to subside significantly as the year passes.
    27. However, analysts expect vegetable costs to subside this spring as new crops are harvested.
    28. Interest rates would then subside and real economic activity return to normal.
    29. Israeli officials say they will press ahead with the project once tensions subside.
    30. Some economists, though, remain fairly optimistic that interest rates will trend lower this year as worries about inflation and the trade deficit subside.
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