ebb

CET6+TEM8GRE考研低频词常用词汇

英 [eb] 美[ɛb]

释义

n. 衰退；退潮；衰落

vi. 衰退；减少；衰落；潮退

词态变化

复数: ebbs;第三人称单数: ebbs;过去式: ebbed;过去分词: ebbed;现在分词: ebbing;

近义词

lessen retreat recede subside decline decrease diminish

助记提示

Ebb: 矮波，退潮的时候波浪当然矮了----退潮，衰退。

中文词源

ebb 退潮

来自PIE*apo-, 离开，词源同apo-, apogee.

英文词源

ebb: ebb: [OE] Water that is ebbing is literally going ‘off’ or ‘away’. The word comes from West Germanic *abjon, a noun formed from *ab, ancestor of modern English of, off, which denoted removal or departure.
=> of, off
ebb (n.): Old English ebba "falling of the tide, low tide," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *af- (cognates: Old Frisian ebba, Old Saxon ebbiunga, Middle Dutch ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe), from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Figurative sense of "decline, decay, gradual diminution" is from late 14c. Ebb-tide is from 1776.
ebb (v.): Old English ebbian "flow back, subside," from the root of ebb (n.). Figurative use in late Old English. Related: Ebbed; ebbing.

双语例句

1. We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.: 我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。

2. The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.: 政府的支持率跌到了最低点。

3. the ebb and flow of the tide: 海潮的涨落

4. Private and public virtues were at the lowest ebb.: 公德与私德均在衰落之中.

5. The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.: 涨潮和落潮交替更迭.

英英释意

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

2. the outward flow of the tide

实用场景例句

the ebb tide: 退潮

the ebb and flow of the seasons: 四时更迭

She sat in silence enjoying the ebb and flow of conversation.: 她默默地坐在那儿，饶有兴致地听着时高时低的谈话声。

The pain was ebbing.: 疼痛逐渐减轻了。

As night fell, our enthusiasm began to ebb away.: 我们的热情随着夜晚的降临而渐渐低落下来。

...as a man's physical strength ebbs...: 随着人体力的衰退

Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?: 会有热情减退的时候么？

...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...: 每个人都疲惫不堪、处于低潮的一段时间

The Government's popularity is at its lowest ebb.: 政府的支持率跌到了最低点。

...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.: 感觉和情绪的起伏

When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.: 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。

...the spring ebb tide...: 春季退潮

We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.: 我们决定第二天早晨6点钟趁退潮时离开。

Business is at a low ebb.: 生意处于低潮.

Business is at rather a low ebb.: 商业颇不景气.

Morale was at low ebb.: 当时士气低落.

Today everybody is in high spirits and no one is in low ebb.: 今天大家都兴高采烈,没有一个情绪低落的.

There is some evidence that dishonesty may ebb and flow.: 有迹象表明,不诚实行为可能有起有伏.

Ironically, relations between British and American Intelligence in late 1950's were at their lowest postwar ebb.: 然而,令人啼笑皆非的是, 50年代末,英美情报机关之间的关系处在了战后时期的最低潮.

Fishing boats were standing down with the ebb.: 渔船趁着落潮出航.

He's never lost heart in the ebb and flow of his life.: 他在人生的变幻中从未灰心丧气过.

They swam till the tide began to ebb.: 他们一直游到开始退潮.

Crime is on the eBB.: 犯罪正在减少.

Our hope of winning began to ebb in the third round.: 比赛进入第三回合时我们打赢的希望变得渺茫了.

I sat on the porch a long time, waiting for my emotions to ebb.: 我在门廊里坐了好久, 等待着我的情绪稳定下来.

His fortune was beginning to ebb.: 他的资产开始减少了.

词组搭配

at a low ebb

in a poor state

处于低潮，处于衰退期

the country was at a low ebb due to the recent war.
由于最近的战争，该国处于衰退期。

ebb and flow

a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth

涨落；兴衰；消长