recede

詳細解釋：

re.cede

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
re.ced.ed,re.ced.ing,re.cedes
To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
倒退，後退：從某限定中、某點或某記號處向後移動或離開：
例句：
The flood waters finally receded.
洪水最終退走了

To slope backward.
向後傾斜
To become or seem to become fainter or more distant:
變得模糊，減退：變得或看上去淡漠或更遙遠：
例句：
With the passage of time, my unhappy memories of the place receded.
隨著時間的推移，我對那地方不愉快的記憶變得模糊了

To withdraw or retreat.
撤回：撤退或後撤

來源：
Middle English receden
中古英文 receden
from Old French receder
源自 古法文 receder
from Latin recôdere
源自 拉丁語 recôdere
re- [re-]
re- [前綴，表示.重，再.]
côdere [to go] * see ked-
côdere [去] *參見 ked-

<參考辭彙><同義詞>recede,ebb,retract,retreat,retrogradeThe central meaning shared by these verbs is .to move backward.:
這些動詞有著一個共同的中心意思.向後運動.：
例句：
a hairline that had receded;
已後縮的發緣線；

例句：
waters ebbing at low tide;
低潮時退去的汐流；

例句：
a turtle retracting its head into its shell;
縮頭烏龜；

例句：
a retreating army;
後撤的部隊；

例句：
academic standards that have retrograded. advance
已退步的學術標準 advance