缩小；减弱

tailing off───拖尾

draining off───渐渐枯竭；把…排出去；排除

raining off───因下雨而取消，因雨中断

trading off───交易；权衡

boiling off───蒸发

calling off───取消（calling是call的现在分词形式）；宣告终止（calling是call的现在分词形式）

drawing off───脱去；放掉；撤退；转移（注意力等）

Trailing off into silence implies that there is much left unsaid … that what is said is only the start.───逐渐变为沉默意味着有很多没有诉说。。。 所说的仅仅是个开始。

I'm giving myself two years," he said, his voice trailing off.───我给自己两年的时间，”他声音低沉地说。

From Wikipedia: "an ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence."───维基百科上说：省略也可以用来表示演讲中的一个小停顿，一个没有完成的想法，或者是在句子末尾表示逐渐变为沉寂。

"I'm giving myself two years, " he said, his voice trailing off.───他说：“我再给我自己两年时间。”他的声音慢慢减弱了。

"It was a difficult decision. I don't think the French school system is great, " Schleicher says, his voice trailing off.───“这是个艰难的决定，我不认为法国的教育体系是令人满意的，”Schleicher说。

And with federal spending now trailing off, while big state and local cutbacks continue, we're going into reverse.───随着联邦政府开支大幅收窄，而大的州及地方政府的财政削减仍在继续，局面将开始逆转。

Deaths due to state-based conflicts show jagged peaks in the two world wars, followed by a bumpy but consistent trailing-off.───两次世界大战中国家冲突导致的死亡人数呈现出锯齿状峰值，随之呈凹凸却持续的递减。

She speaks in a small, song- bird voice and bites her lip, her sentences trailing off or ending in self-conscious laughter.───她显得有点紧张，说话声音很轻，像个小鸟，而且还咬嘴唇，她的句子说到后半句越来越轻，要么就以一阵局促的笑声告终。

Young and vibrant. Soft round buttery fruit in the mouth, trailing off a little on the finish, Very chardonnay.

Timber wolf is what they sounded like, their deep and resonating power now trailing off into musical tremolos.