1. 下沉:subsider 沉降槽,沉淀池 | subsidiary a.辅助的,副的n.辅助者,附属机构,子公司 | subsiding 下沉
1. subsiding
1. Such occurrences are mainly due to the earth subsiding, mud and rock flows and landslides.
2. While Linsanity seems to be subsiding somewhat in the United States, fanaticism for the point guard seems to be growing in China.
3. Fewer Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits last week, indicating the deepest job cuts may be subsiding even as companies hold off on hiring.
4. The debate and hysteria unleashed at that instant over public morals hasn't come close to subsiding.
5. The flood peak has passed the provincial capital and the water level is now subsiding.
6. Explosions sounded occasionally from that direction, subsiding at midday but picking up again at nightfall.
7. The staff was surprised to find that the ancient river was subsiding at a tremendous rate of more than 20 centimetres per year.
8. Good news also came from the provincial observatory, which said the rain was subsiding.
9. As the storms barreled into the West, a freeze in the East was subsiding.
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