use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

end weakly;

"The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

「we believe inflationary pressures will peter out in the coming months,」 said qu hongbin, at hsbc.

「我们相信通胀压力将在未来几个月逐渐减弱，」汇丰(hsbc)的屈宏斌表示。

and while wi-fi signals peter out after 100 metres (330 feet) or so, their white-space equivalents could have ranges measured in kilometres.

而且wifi信号传递大概100米（330英尺）就会逐渐衰弱，而白色空间信号则可以传递几公里的距离。

he did want turkish delight and to be a prince (and later a king) and to pay peter out for calling him a beast.

他的确想吃土耳其软糖，而且想当王子（日后当个国王），还想出出彼得骂他坏蛋这口恶气。

usually a disease will peter out in time, but we「re just not seeing that.

通常一种疾病会随着时间慢慢耗尽，但在这里我们还没有看到。

as a result, the chain reaction will peter out unless the neutrons can be slowed down sufficiently.

因此，除非这些中子能够被充分减速，否则链式反应会停止。

and whereas wi-fi signals peter out after 100 metres or so, their white-space equivalents could have ranges of several kilometres.

并且，wi-fi信号传输约100米后，就渐渐消失，与之相比，空白频段信号传播范围则可能为几千米。

a new concern mr rajan expressed while talking to the ft financial times, was that the productivity gains that have underpinned the world economy might peter out as fresh policy reforms stall.

拉詹先生在接受《金融时报》采访时表达了一种新的忧虑，即随着新的改革陷入停滞，一度支撑了世界经济的生产率增长可能会逐渐消失。

that」s important because consumers are likely to drift away if conversations peter out or if they feel that their voices are lost in a chaotic flood of comments.

这很重要，因为如果对话逐步消退，或者消费者感到他们的声音消失于汹涌杂乱的评论潮中，他们很可能渐渐离去。

however, this effect can be expected to peter out after a while.

然而，这种效应在一段时间后将消失。

moreover, most of this improvement will peter out in subsequent years, leaving the outlook as dismal as before.

另外，大部分进展在接下来几年都会消失殆尽，情况就会像以前一样令人沮丧。

many novels start well, but peter out before the end.

有很多小说开关都很好，不过到后来就越写越差，草草结尾了。

and in a w-shape, growth would return for a few quarters, only to peter out once more.

而w形的经济增长会恢复几个季度继而又慢慢回落。

example: the huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed.

这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩，产量一年比一年少，直到最后关闭。

argentina’s vigorous recovery from its financial collapse of 2001-02 will peter out in 2009, as commodity prices soften.

阿根廷从2001-2002的金融崩溃中强有力地恢复过来，但随着商品价格的疲软，将再次步入萧条状态。