比喻对某一事物的热情减退to ebb

• 退潮时间

  low tide

• 今天的青年画家在精神上经历着一次退潮和萎缩。

  The young painters of today are undergoing an ebb and contraction in their spirits.

• 那条商业街现在竟满眼是退潮的感觉。

  That commercial street now gives one the strong feeling that it is on the wane.