由于疾病，她的身体日渐衰弱。

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fade away (人)衰弱；病重死亡；逐渐消失

fade in (使画面)淡入；(使声音)渐强

fade out (使画面)淡出；(使声音)渐弱

[即时跟踪]　用适当的介/副词填空

①George saw the monitor black out and then a few words faded in.

②Memories of my sister faded away__after many years.

③Fade out the music at the end of the scene.

④My enthusiasm for Chinese football team ________ because of their countless failures.

A.appeared B.faded

C.used up D.gave up

答案　B

解析　句意：由于他们无数次的失败，我对中国足球队的热情逐渐消失。appear出现；fade逐渐消失；use up用光；give up放弃。由句意知选B。

1.end in 以......结束/告终；以......结尾

[语境感悟]

(1)(教材P46)During the first few years，the company did not make a profit and Jeff Bezos thought that his efforts would end in failure.

前几年里，公司没有盈利，Jeff Bezos认为他的努力将以失败告终。

(2)You can end up with what astronauts call a carbon-dioxide headache.

你最后会得宇航员所说的二氧化碳头痛病。

(3)If he carries on driving like that，he'll end up dead.

如果他继续那样开车，早晚得死于非命。

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