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recede (intransitive)
描述水位、声音等自然消退，无宾语。
The floodwaters gradually receded.
洪水逐渐退去。
消退；退去
receded — past of recede
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
消退；退去
become faint or more distant
The floodwaters gradually receded.
洪水逐渐退去。
后退；撤退；退缩。
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
归还；重新让与原所有者。
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor.
收回。
To take back.
recede
Base
原形
recedes
3rd person
第三人称单数
receding
-ing
现在分词
receded
Past
过去式
receded
Past participle
过去分词
The flood waters recede slowly.
洪水缓慢退去。
The pain receded after taking medicine.
服药后疼痛减弱。
His hairline has receded significantly.
他的发际线已显著后退。
The floodwaters slowly receded after the rain stopped.
雨停后，洪水慢慢退去了。
As we climbed higher, the noise of the city began to recede.
我们爬得越高，城市的噪音开始渐渐远去。
His memory of that day has receded over the years.
多年来，他对那天的记忆已经逐渐模糊。
描述水位、声音等自然消退，无宾语。
The floodwaters gradually receded.
洪水逐渐退去。
用于抽象意义的撤回、退出。
He receded from his earlier promise.
他收回了先前的承诺。
描述逐渐进入远处或消失。
The sound receded into the distance.
声音逐渐消失在远方。
常与表示方式的副词连用，描述变化趋势。
His hairline is receding quickly.
他的发际线正快速后退。
Not this
The flood receded the houses.
Use this
The flood receded from the houses.
recede 是不及物动词，不能直接带宾语；表示“从…消退”时需加介词 from，或直接说 The flood receded。
Not this
The pain receeded after an hour.
Use this
The pain receded after an hour.
recede 的正确拼写是 recede，过去式是 receded；常见拼写错误 receeded 受 proceed 的影响。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
从……撤退/退出
The flood waters began to recede from the streets.
洪水开始从街道上退去。
退入/隐入
The figure receded into the darkness.
那个人影退入了黑暗之中。
逐渐消退
The pain gradually receded after taking the medicine.
服药后疼痛逐渐消退。
重要性降低
As technology advances, older methods recede in importance.
随着技术的进步，旧方法的重要性降低了。
从视野中消失
The ship receded from view as it sailed away.
船驶远后从视野中消失了。
从记忆中淡出
Those childhood memories have receded from my memory over time.
那些童年记忆随着时间的推移已从我的记忆中淡出。
退居次要地位，变得不显眼
After the scandal, the politician receded into the background.
丑闻之后，这位政治家退居幕后。
从视线中消失
The mountains slowly receded from view as the plane flew away.
随着飞机飞远，山脉慢慢从视野中消失。
逐渐被遗忘
The details of that summer receded into memory over the years.
那些夏天的细节随着岁月逐渐被遗忘。
盖茨比信奉那盏绿灯，那个逐年在我们眼前退却的极乐未来。
After the flood, the water began to recede gradually.
洪水过后，水开始逐渐退去。
Use receded naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象洪水‘recede’（后退）时，水‘re-’（往回）‘cede’（走），像人撤退一样。
语域：formal 常见场景：洪水消退、记忆模糊、地貌后退 通常用于正式或书面语，描述逐渐消退或后退的过程。
All listed words share the spelling ending '-cede' and fully rhyme with the target (stressed vowel and following sounds identical: /siːd/). No lookalikes with different pronunciation in this set.
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