逐渐减弱：逐渐变小、变弱或减少，最终停止或结束。
peter out // [ petering petered peters ]
动词词组 If something peters out, it gradually comes to an end. 逐渐停息
The six-month strike seemed to be petering out.
持续了6个月的罢工似乎在逐渐停息。
... peter jackson 彼得·杰克逊（导演，编剧） peter out v. 逐渐消失；逐渐减少 peter rabbit 彼得兔（卡通人物） ...
... peter out逐渐消失 take on披上，穿上，戴上；呈现(面貌等)；具有(某种性质、特征等) fail to未能… ...
Output peaked in 2002 and may Peter out in a decade.
2002年，产量达到顶峰，而且也许会在10年间逐渐消失。
Even if the IPO bonanza were to peter out, there would be other opportunities.
即使IPO这块肥肉已经被分光了，其他的机会还是存在的。
"We believe inflationary pressures will Peter out in the coming months," said Qu Hongbin, at HSBC.
“我们相信通胀压力将在未来几个月逐渐减弱，”汇丰(HSBC)的屈宏斌表示。
"The aftershocks will start off being fairly large and fairly frequent, and then sort of peter out as time goes on, although you will see aftershocks for weeks to months after the earthquake.
VOA : standard.2010.01.13
The character of Peter brought directly out of the New Testament is really slicing through the poem's fictive veneer.
彼得的形象是直接从中借鉴而来的,在这首诗虚构的伪饰中显得格外犀利。
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Alpheus is also the god of erotic pastoral poetry, it turns out, and this god is literally gone underground during the terrifying appearance of Saint Peter.
阿尔甫斯也是描写爱欲的诗歌之神，从诗句上来看，这位神灵在圣彼得面前,悄无声息的隐匿了踪影。
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Britain-based piracy expert Peter Lehr says Somalia's pirates are shifting their attentions from the Gulf of Aden and increasingly sailing farther out in the Indian Ocean.
VOA : standard.2009.11.10
The depreciation writeoffs on the older assets peter out, eventually making more of the dividend taxable.
But I would say that the riots in London are likely to peter out on Friday.
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Even close to the cities and highways, roads soon peter out into pot-holed dirt tracks.