subside

sәb'said

托福雅思GRE Collins 1

v. wear off or die down
v. sink to a lower level or form a depression
v. sink down or precipitate

vi. 沉淀, 沉降, 平息

Collins 星级

8,751

BNC 频率

8,793

使用频率

subside 由前缀 sub-（意为“在…之下”）和词根 side（意为“坐”或“位置”）组成，组合起来可以理解为“在下面坐下”，引申为“减少，减弱，平息”。

例句

1. The storm will subside by tomorrow morning.

风暴将在明天早上平息。

2. After the excitement of the party, the noise began to subside.

派对的兴奋之后，噪音开始减弱。

3. It took a while for her anger to subside after the argument.

争吵后，她的愤怒过了一会儿才平息。