In countries with a temperate climate, seasonal epidemics typically taper off in the spring and end before summer.

在气候温和的国家，季节性流感通常在春季减弱，在夏季来临前结束。

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Sales are expected to taper off after the year-end holiday season.

年底节日过后，预计商店的销售额就会逐渐减少。

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Ensure that the lathe dog is secured to the machined flat on the end of the mandrel and not on the smooth surface of the mandrel taper (Figure 7-44).

确保车床轧头牢牢地固定在心轴端的机械平面上，而不是锚定在锥形心轴的平滑面上(图7 - 44)。

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The pollen should taper by the end of the month, experts said.

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The Fed is currently focused on stoking economic growth, but Bernanke may be betting that the current commodities boom will end, or at least taper off, stabilizing oil prices and easing consumer inflationary pressures.

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