recede /rɪˈsiːd/ CET6 TEM4 ( receding, receded, recedes )

• 1. 

  V-I If something recedes from you, it moves away. 远离

  例：

  Luke's footsteps receded into the night.

  卢克的脚步声渐渐消失在夜色中。

  例：

  As she receded he waved goodbye.

  当她离去时，他挥手告别。

• 2. 

  V-I When something such as a quality, problem, or illness recedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense. (品质) 减弱; (问题或疾病等) 好转

  例：

  Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede.

  就在我开始认为我将永远不会好起来的时候，我的病开始好转。

• 3. 

  V-I If a man's hair starts to recede, it no longer grows on the front of his head. 谢顶

  例：

  ...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede.

  …一个前额黑发刚开始脱落的相当年轻的男人。