Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede,
然后河面渐渐地变宽，两岸后撤，
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 11 How to grow old
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adv. 逐步地，渐渐地;按部就班地;日趋;冉冉;
💡 grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
这些药的效果起初非常好,但后来逐渐失效.
近义：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反义：clean, cold
n. 河，江;溪，巨流;
"We crossed the bridge over the river Windrush."
我们穿过了温德拉什河上的桥。
近义：fluvial
vi. 后退;减弱;（价值，品质等）跌落，低落，变坏;收回意见，退出（某种活动）;
💡 向后(re)走(cede)- 撤退 网友：yqy补充： re复，cede割让：反复割让－－撤退
"The mountain peaks recede into the distance as one leaves the shore."
人离岸时,山峰向后退去.
近义：back, regress, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrogress
反义：obtain, attain, reach, improve, augment, rise