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

One case concerns and eleven-year-old schoolgirl, Vera Petrova,
其中有一例谈到有一个名叫维拉。彼托洛娃的11岁学生。
This applies particularly to chemical industries,
这在化学工业方面尤其突出。
Speculations about is nature have been going on for literally thousands of years,
人们对睡眠作用的种种猜测，确实有数千年之久。
The slope averages about 1 in 30, but contains steep,
坡度平均约为1/30，但其中包括陡峭的，
it requires 97 per cent less energy to travel the quarter of a million miles from the Moon to Earth-orbit than the 200 mile-journey from Earth's surface into orbit!
因此，从月球到地球的25万英里所消耗的能量要比从地球表面进入地球轨道的200英里所耗能量少97%。
and mechanical systems like a wound watch, or the sun,
像上紧发条的手表那样的机械装置，或太阳，