ebb away

1. You stammer some feeble responses by way of reply, feeling your strength ebb away until you find an excuse to leave.
   你结结巴巴地作出一个无力的回应，同时感觉自己的力量在消退，直到你找到一个借口离开。
2. As the day wore on, the life-blood seemed to ebb away from Ursula, and within the emptiness a heavy despair gathered.
   随着时光的消逝，厄秀拉生命的源泉似乎渐趋枯竭，在虚无缥渺之中绝望渐浓。
3. She felt her lifeblood ebb away.
   她感觉她赖以生存的血液在逐渐消失。
4. Now that the eccentric can duplicate others'success with ease, his enthusiasm began to to ebb away.
   既然这个怪人能轻轻松松的复制别人的成功，他的热情也就开始减退。
5. Water is the basis for all life, says vincente "and in Spain we are just watching it ebb away."
   “水是一切生命的基础，”文森特说，“而在西班牙，我们正看着它一天天减少。”
6. But the moments will never ebb away.
   但那些瞬间永远不会退潮。

verb

1. flow back or recede
   1. the tides ebbed at noon

   Synonym:    ebbebb downebb outebb off