The quiet world outside their rays receded far away and ceased to be.

那些光线之外的宁静的世界远远退去，不再存在了。

As she receded he waved goodbye.

当她离去时，他挥手告别。

The floodwaters have now receded.

洪水现已消退。

Luke's footsteps receded into the night.

卢克的脚步声渐渐消失在夜色中。

The sound of the truck receded into the distance.

卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

Every time he went down to try to sip some of the water, the water receded, and anytime he reached up for the grapes, the grapes were pulled back.

每当他弯腰尝试抿些水时，水就退却，每当他伸手摘葡萄时，葡萄就会被拉回来。

Proponents point to features such as the terraced "beaches" shown in one image, which could conceivably have been left behind as a lake or ocean evaporated and the shoreline receded.

支持者们从一张照片里指出了一些特征，例如阶梯状的“海滩”；可以想象，随着湖泊或者海洋蒸发以及海岸线的后退，这些阶梯状的“海滩”可能会遗留下来。

He receded from his promise.

他背弃了自己的诺言。

The floods gradually receded from the fields.

洪水从田野里逐渐退去。

The article receded from the newspaper.

这篇文章从报纸上撤下了。

The water receded steadily from the earth.

水从地上渐退。

The threat of a run on the currency has receded.

货币流失的威胁也在逐渐削弱。

The threat of an influenza pandemic has not receded.

流感大流行的威胁尚未消退。

That prospect, always distant, has now receded further.

这种本就遥远的前景现在更是遥不可及。

The manager has receded from his promise to increase wages.

经理未能履行增长工资的诺言。

A year on, the threat of implosion of another prime broker has receded.

一年过去了，大宗经纪商再次出现破产的威胁已经减弱。

After the 1980 election, Charles and David Koch receded from the public arena.

1980年大选之后，查理斯和戴维淡出了公众视线。

Soon their calls receded into the distance, faded to echoes, to whispers, to silence.

不久，呼喊声遁入远处，渐渐变成回响、低语，最后一片寂静。

Real or imagined, the fear of a chemical weapons drop that made easterners tremble has receded.

或多或少，化学武器的威胁降低了而东部民众的担忧也随着得到缓解。

Compared to an image acquired on June 24, flooding appears to have receded slightly in some areas.

与6月24日得到的图像相比，某些地区的洪水已稍有退却。

It will remove any chance of Ukraine joining NATO, but that had already receded beyond the horizon.

它将使乌克兰失去加入北约的任何机会，但是，乌克兰其实早就没有机会了。

An outbreak of swine flu in April has receded, but not before wreaking havoc on the tourist industry.

四月爆发的猪流感虽然已经褪去，但是在这之前旅游业还是受到了重创。

Though it has receded from its extreme highs of last fall, it's recently been trading in a band of 40-50.

虽然最近这个指数较去年秋季的极端高点有所下降，但最仍位于40-50区间。

The sea itself has receded, and where merry green waves once splashed there are wastelands, vineyards, silence.

大海本身退却了，曾经四处飞溅过欢快的绿色浪花的地方，现在成了荒地，葡萄园，寂静无声。

Six years is long enough for a singer receded from the public’s memory; while Faye Wong is absolutely an exception.

六年的时间足以将一位歌手从人们的记忆中抹去，但王菲绝对是个例外。

Overhead were branches of a tree hanging with fruit. But when he was thirsty and stooped to drink the water receded.

但是当他渴了，弯腰喝水的时候水面就会下降，当他去够水果吃的时候，树枝就会退到他能够到的地方之外。

Unlike the seasonal flu, the H1N1 swine flu virus has been found to be contagious for about a week after symptoms have receded.

与季节流感不同，H1N 1猪流感病毒在症状消失之后一周仍然有传染性。