Recede

(verb.) become faint or more distant; 'the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older'.

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• If you stare at a checkerboard you can see it as black on red, or red on black, as series of horizontal, vertical or diagonal steps which recede or protrude. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• De Bracy and I will instantly go among these shuffling cowards, and convince them they have gone too far to recede. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They buffet with opposing waves, to gain the bloody shore, not to recede from it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He had, in truth, gone too far to recede; and yet, in Rowena's present condition, she could not be acted on either by argument or threats. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I must make him room, and I must request the pupils to recede that _I_ might recede. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Do you then intend, now in time of peril, to recede from your duties? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This work was continued until the waters of the river began to recede and the road to Richmond, Louisiana, emerged from the water. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I thought he receded; I thought he would go. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Then a shuttle, also carrying a stout thread, was thrown over the cord, the needle receded and was then forced through the broom again _under_ the binding cord. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• She felt she was powerless, and receded; and again she trembled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• This could not be undertaken until the waters receded. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As the waters of the planet dried and the seas receded, all other resources dwindled until life upon the planet became a constant battle for survival. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• For thousands of years it advanced, and then for thousands of years it receded, to advance again. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As the fighting receded from our position for a moment, Thuvia turned toward me with a question. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Scarcely had it started than I gave the signal to Tars Tarkas, simultaneously springing for the receding half of the pivoting door. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The ice was receding, vegetation was increasing, big game of all sorts was becoming more abundant. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The receding footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr. John Dawkins, otherwise the Artful Dodger, appeared. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither receding nor advancing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• As the receding wave swept back with a hoarse roar, it seemed to scoop out deep caves in the beach, as if its purpose were to undermine the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• During this interval she had become a less vivid and importunate image, receding from his foreground as May Welland resumed her rightful place in it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Her face, encompassed by the blackness of the receding heath, showed whitely, and with-out half-lights, like a cameo. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• At this point the water recedes a few hundred yards from the high land. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As the magnet recedes from the coil, it carries lines of force away with it, this time reducing the number of the lines which cut the coil. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• As iron approaches and recedes from the magnet, current is induced in the wire surrounding the magnet. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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