subside

The residents waited for the floodwaters to subside before returning to their damaged homes.

(Chinese) 居民们等待洪水退去后才回到他们受损的家中。

After taking the medicine, the patient felt the sharp pain in his chest slowly subside.

(Chinese) 服药后，病人感到胸口的剧痛慢慢缓解了。

Engineers are worried that the heavy cathedral might begin to subside into the soft soil.

(Chinese) 工程师们担心沉重的大教堂可能会开始下沉到松软的土壤中。

Continuous underground mining caused the land in the village to subside, creating cracks in the roads.

(Chinese) 持续的地下采矿导致村庄的土地下沉，使得道路出现了裂缝。