subside

英 /səbˈsaɪd/ 美 /səbˈsaɪd/

★★★★中高频词

中文释义

vi.减弱，平息，（洪水）退去，（热度）消退，沉下去，坐下

A surveyor said that the problems were caused by subsidence and the house needed to be underpinned.

一名勘测员说是地面下陷导致了这些问题出现，房子需要加固地基。
Now every sound ceased suddenly with the subsidence of Mr. Walter's voice.

随着华尔特先生的声音平息下来的时候,一切声音都突然停止了.
In more than 30 years of surveying he has never yet known a building to collapse because of subsidence.

他做房屋评估工作都30多年了，还从未听说过哪一座房子由于地基下陷而倒塌的。