until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede,
直到自我的围墙一点一点地倒塌下来，
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

until [ən'tɪl] 词频1
prep. 到…为止;在…以前; conj. 到…为止，在…以前;直到…才;
"I don't want to make an accusation until I have some proof."
我要有一些证据以后才提出控告。
近义：till, to, unto
recede [ri'si:d] 词频5 词根: 行走
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
walls
n. 墙壁；墙体（wall的复数）

📚 更多「新概念英语第四册」例句

Spiders are busy for at least half the year in killing insects.
蜘蛛至少有半年在忙于吃昆虫。
By infecting animals and letting them loose in the burrows,
通过让染上此病的动物在洞内乱跑，
The problem now facing humanity is: What is going to be done with all this knowledge?
用这些知识去做什么？
The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods,
高耸的船楼上雕刻着令人眼花缭乱的神仙、
and today we can see even his famous clash with the Inquisition in something like its proper perspective.
甚至他和宗教法庭的著名冲突，我们今天也能正确如实地看待。
The undulating waves of the open sea are generated by three natural causes:
海浪是由三个自然因素形成的：