| 单词 | recede |
| 释义 | recede (once / 303 pages) v Recede means to pull back, retreat, or become faint or distant. Flood waters recede, as do glaciers, and even abstractions like "panic" and "hope." Think "receding hairline." (That means bald.) Cede means to yield. Politicians, after losing an election will "cede the field" or "concede the race." Recede means to yield back. Over time it has collected a sense of fading, or growing faint, as in "The ghostly vision of a woman receded into the fog." WORD FAMILYrecede: receded, recedes, receding, recession+/cede: ceded, cedes, ceding, cession, recede/cession: cessions/recession: recessional, recessions/recessional: recessionals USAGE EXAMPLESAlvarez agreed to hand over power to an elected civilian government in 1984 as the wave of dictatorships in the region was starting to recede. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) He is 40, with the receding hairline and blandly gentle affect of a family dentist. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) The new channel will allow the river to recede and stay deeper - and cooler. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1v pull back or move away or backward Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, retire, retreat, withdraw back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress move forward, also in the metaphorical sense fall back move back and away from retreat, retrogrademove back back down, back off, back upmove backwards from a certain position ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb outflow back or recede go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v retreat Syn|Ant|Hyper drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win obtain advantages, such as points, etc. regress, retrograde, retrogress get worse or fall back to a previous condition 3v become faint or more distant the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older Hypo|Hyper ebb fall away or decline change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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