Fade

(noun.) gradually ceasing to be visible.

(verb.) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; 'The scene begins to fade'; 'The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk'.

(verb.) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; 'Her bloom was fading'.

校对:玛吉

• Besides, is it not a shame, that the genius of Adrian should fade from the earth like a flower in an untrod mountain-path, fruitless? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• From this time onward it is to be noted that the Philistines fade in importance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Indeed throughout the Republic he allows the lower ranks to fade into the distance. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Whole ages have fled and their works decayed, And nations have scattered been; But the stout old Ivy shall never fade, From its hale and hearty green. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I could not bear to see the smile fade even for a moment from his face. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Were our proud dreams thus to fade? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We had seen no land fade from view so regretfully. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• As the idea of citizenship failed and faded before the new occasions, there remained no inner, that is to say no real, unity in the system at all. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre and was faded and yellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Everything bore the stamp of summer, and none of its beautiful colour had yet faded from the die. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Even this imperfect consciousness faded away at last, and he dreamed a long, troubled dream. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But now these thoughts faded before the new born expectation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Her visions of a brilliant marriage for Lily had faded after the first year. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• But in the better grades of material the printing is well done, and the color designs are fairly fast, and a little care in the laundry suffices to eliminate any danger of fading. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Jos was as vain of his person as a woman, and took as long a time at his toilette as any fading beauty. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• By and by, I noticed Wemmick's arm beginning to disappear again, and gradually fading out of view. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The last of the evening light was fading away; and over all the desolate place there hung a still and awful calm. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• YOUR varnish is fading. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And then the red had the appearance of fading out of it and mounting up to Heaven, as we say that blood, guiltily shed, does. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Solutions of potassium iodide were frequently used for this purpose, giving a sharp, blue record, but fading away too rapidly. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• What they may become, when that fades away, is a problem that neither you nor I can solve. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• All else grows dim, and fades away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Papa, my strength fades away every day, and I know I must go. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• We do not always realize that light is beneficial, because sometimes it fades our clothing and our carpets, and burns our skin and makes it sore. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The rose blossoms into beauty, fades, and decays. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This rose is very beautiful, but it fades. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Yes; but not because the rose fades. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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