1. Although the waters are receding, weather forecasters predict more heavy rainfall in the next two months. 虽然洪水正在退，天气预报说在未来两个月会有更大的降雨量。
2. Although the waters are receding, weather forecasters predict more heavy rainfall in the next two months. 尽管水域减少，天气预报预测说在接下来的两个月里还有更多降雨。
3. The oil industry's hope that more American waters would be opened to drilling is receding as fast as the slick advances. 石油产业的希望-----将来开放更多的美国水域用来石油开发---随着浮油的蔓延，越来越渺茫。
英英解释
n.
1. a slow or gradual disappearance
2. the act of becoming more distant adj.
1. moving toward a position farther from the front
2. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
