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V-ERG
(使)褪色;(使)變暗淡
When a coloured object fades or when the light fades it, it gradually becomes paler.
例句
All colour fades — especially under the impact of direct sunlight...
所有顏色都會褪色——尤其是在陽光直射下。
No matter how soft the light is, it still plays havoc, fading carpets and curtains in every room.
無論多么柔和的光線，也仍然會造成損害，會讓所有房間的地毯和窗簾褪色。
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VERB
(光線)逐漸暗淡;(聲音)逐漸減弱
When light fades, it slowly becomes less bright. When a sound fades, it slowly becomes less loud.
例句
Seaton lay on his bed and gazed at the ceiling as the light faded...
光線漸漸暗了下去，西頓躺在床上，凝視著天花板。
The sound of the last bomber's engines faded into the distance.
最后一架轟炸機的引擎聲漸漸消失在遠方。
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VERB
(所注視之物)逐漸暗淡，逐漸模糊直至消失
When something that you are looking at fades, it slowly becomes less bright or clear until it disappears.
例句
They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight...
他們觀察了這顆彗星 70 天，直至其慢慢從視線中消失。
They watched the familiar mountains fade into the darkness.
他們看著熟悉的群山漸漸隱沒到黑夜當中。
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VERB
變得不為人注意;變得無關緊要
If someone or something fades, for example, into the background, they become hardly noticeable or very unimportant.
例句
She had a way of fading into the background when things got rough...
情況一有不妙，她總能退到幕后。
The most prominent poets of the Victorian period had all but faded from the scene.
維多利亞時期最顯赫的詩人差不多已全部湮沒無聲了。
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VERB
(記憶)逐漸模糊;(感情)逐漸變淡;(可能性)逐漸變小
If memories, feelings, or possibilities fade, they slowly become less intense or less strong.
例句
Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade...
政府宣稱，對叛亂分子的同情開始消退。
Prospects for peace had already started to fade.
和平的前景已經開始日漸暗淡。
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VERB
(笑容)慢慢收斂
If someone's smile fades, they slowly stop smiling.
例句
Jay nodded, his smile fading.
杰伊點點頭，笑容慢慢隱去了。
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PHRASAL VERB
淡出;變得不再引人注目(直至完全消失)
When something fades out, it slowly becomes less noticeable or less important until it disappears completely.
例句
He thought her campaign would probably fade out soon in any case.
他認為不管怎樣，她的競選活動都可能會很快歸于沉寂。
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PHRASAL VERB
(光線)逐漸暗淡;(畫面)淡出; (聲音)漸弱
When light, an image, or a sound fades out, it disappears after gradually becoming weaker.
例句
You'll need to be able to project two images onto the screen as the new one fades in and the old image fades out.
你得能將兩個圖像投射到屏幕上，讓新的漸漸淡入，舊的漸漸淡出。