It was just all the color drained out of life, really.

那时生命里所有的光彩真的都退去了。

And when he stoops to quench his thirst, the water recedes.

而当他弯腰解渴时，水就会退去。

Their dead bodies float downstream until the flood recedes, and leaves them stranded on a bar or shore where they lie, half-buried in the sand until they decay.

它们的尸体顺流而下，直到洪水退去，它们搁浅在岸边或栅栏旁，躺在那里，半埋在沙子里，直到腐烂。

The water began to recede on Thursday.

星期四水开始退去。

It came down very rapidly following the pandemic recession.

在疫情退去之后，失业率很快就下降了。

The mist had now so far collapsed that the tips of the trees and bushes around his house could just be discerned, as if boring upwards through a vast white cobweb which cloaked them from the day.

这时，晨雾开始退去，韦狄房子周围树林子和灌木的树梢已露出端儿，似乎是从一张将它们笼罩住、并同白日隔离的巨大的白蜘蛛网中挣。

Long after the pandemic itself has subsided, we will need to commit ourselves to finding new and creative solutions to these long-term problems.

当这场全球大流行病最终退去，我们仍需寻求解决这些长期问题的创新方案。

What came next happened so fast no one saw how it happened — one second, Piers and Dudley were leaning right up close to the glass, the next, they had leaped back with howls of horror.

随后发生的事，因为来得太突然，谁也说不清楚是怎么回事。只见皮尔和达力一下子紧贴在玻，又惊恐万状，大喊大叫，连蹦带跳往后退去。

But though most people there seemed to be taking this event in stride, officials say it could be another week before the waters have significantly receded.

但是大多数人好像对这件事都很从容，相关官员称，洪水还需要一周才会显著退去。

Some of those stilts will not be able to withstand the power of the storm surge that is expected up and down the Carolina coast.

有的支柱可能无法抵御风暴潮袭来和退去的力量。

In neighboring Portugal, drone footage shows boats docked along dry banks, as river waters recede.

在邻国葡萄牙，无人机拍摄的画面显示，随着河水退去，船只停靠在干涸的河岸。

Many people were carried away by the receding water into the ocean.

许多人被退去的水冲进了大海。

When these waters recede, Pajaro is going to rise.

洪水退去之日，就是帕杰罗重振之时。

Once the flood recedes, the gates are lowered to their resting position.

一旦洪水退去，闸门会降到休息位置。

And when the waters withdrew, the earth was wonderfully drenched and rich with oozing mud.

大水退去，土地浸透了水，地面净是肥沃的烂泥。

The water had gone but the damage to crops and homes was terrible.

洪水已经退去，但是它给庄稼和住宅带来的灾害极其严重。

The characters, noise and gut-wrenching stench celebrated in Steinbeck’s classic, Cannery Row, faded with the collapse of the silver tide in the 1950s.

罐头工厂是史坦贝克的经典电影，里面颂扬的人物、吵杂和刺鼻气味，随着钱潮退去后，在1950年代也随之瓦解。

Once the floods subside, the water disappears.

一旦洪水退去，瀑布就消失了。

Several people were backing away from the same spot.

几个人从同一个地点往后退去。

He stood up. The class backed away. They all looked unnerved.

他站了起来，全班同学纷纷退去，脸都带着不安的神情。