美 [liːk əˈweɪ]
逐渐流失：指逐渐消失或流失。
...leak ou... lead up to作为…的准备，导致；... leak away漏出；逐渐失去... leak out漏出，渗出，泄露；走...
...leak ou... lead up to作为…的准备，导致；... leak away漏出；逐渐失去... leak out漏出，渗出，泄露；走...
But confidence can leak away rapidly.
但是机密很快泄漏。
But when disaster strikes the cash can quickly leak away.
但是如果灾难袭来，钱可以很快地流失。
Batteries should be kept in dry places lest electricity should leak away.
电池应放在干燥的地方，以免漏电。
You wish that you might become a vapour, and leak away through the lift walls.
If these cuts do not happen, fragile confidence may leak away again.
With a small, open economy, it cannot maintain an overvalued exchange rate and pour in stimulus spending without seeing much of the money leak away into trade deficits.