動詞 recede:

1. pull back or move away or backward
   同義詞：withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back, retire, move back
2. move back and away from
   同義詞：fall back, retire
3. retreat
   同義詞：fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind
4. become faint or more distant

1. His hair is beginning to recede from his forehead.
   他的頭發(fā)開始從前額往后禿了。
2. The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded.
   破產(chǎn)的危險已經(jīng)減少了。
3. As the tide receded we were able to look for shells.
   潮水退去，我們就能尋找貝殼了。

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，后退：從某限定中、某點或某記號處向后移動或離開：
例句：
The flood waters finally receded.
洪水最終退走了

To slope backward.
向后傾斜
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：撤退或后撤

來源：
Middle English receden
中古英語 receden
from Old French receder
源自 古法語 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-

<參考詞匯><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.向后運動.：
例句：
a hairline that had receded;
已后縮的發(fā)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;
后撤的部隊；

例句：
academic standards that have retrograded. advance
已退步的學(xué)術(shù)標準 advance