peter out

英 [ˈpiːtə(r) aʊt]

美 [ˈpiːtər aʊt]

逐渐结束; 逐渐消亡

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 逐渐结束；逐渐消亡
If somethingpeters out, it gradually comes to an end.
1. The six-month strike seemed to be petering out...
  长达6个月的罢工好像正逐渐平息。
2. The road petered out into a rutted track.
  这条路渐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小径。

英英释义

verb

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
1. At the end of the march, I pooped out
Synonym:poop outrun downrun outconk out
end weakly
1. The music just petered out--there was no proper ending
Synonym:taper offfizzle outfizzle

双语例句

The good news is that H1N1 is hitting North America at the tail end of its flu season. It's possible that the virus may peter out and re-appear next autumn, but that gives us months to prepare.
好消息是，甲型H1N1流感是在北美流感季节快要结束时出现的，病毒可能会逐步消失并在秋天再次出现，但这将给我们数个月的准备时间。
It is said that Peter fled out of the prison after having been sentenced to death.
听说被判处死刑后，彼得从监狱里逃了出来。
You said Peter was out of town.
你不是告诉我他出差了吗。
And the influx of Asian students to America may peter out.
并且，亚洲学生的申请人数可能也会逐渐减少。
Otherwise, it ran the risk of seeing the whole revolution peter out into a mere peasant uprising that would collapse when it hit the cities.
否则，整个革命就可能蜕变成单纯的农民起义，等到进攻城市的时候就会垮台。
Despite a face-to-face meeting with Madoff in which the regulators caught him telling an obvious falsehood about his options trading, the commission concluded there was no evidence of fraud and allowed the investigation to peter out.
尽管在证交会与马多夫的一次面谈中，后者关于自己期权交易的说法出现了一处明显谬误，但证交会还是得出了不存在欺诈证据的结论，并允许调查逐渐停止。
And whereas Wi-Fi signals peter out after 100 metres or so, their white-space equivalents could have ranges of several kilometres.
并且，wi-fi信号传输约100米后，就渐渐消失，与之相比，空白频段信号传播范围则可能为几千米。
Deals of this sort have emerged in the past and have come to nothing, analysts said, and it is possible this one, too, could peter out.
分析人士说，过去曾有过这类协议，最后都无果而终，可能这份意向书也会不了了之。
Wendy quite liked it, until Peter pointed out the drawbacks.
温迪挺喜欢这样，可是后来彼得指出了缺点。
The road petered out into a rutted track.
这条路渐渐变成一条满是车辙印的小径。