trailed off
缩小；减弱
His voice trailed off in confusion.
困惑中他的声音逐渐变小
The discussion trailed off into futilities.
讨论离题越来越远。变成了无益的空谈。
Her thin voice trailed off into silence.
她的声音越来越弱直至毫无声息。

despite
prep.尽管；不管
n.憎恨；轻视
Despite old age, she is still learning to drive.
尽管年事已高,她还在学开车。
Despite all our efforts we still lost the game.
尽管我们尽了全力，我们还是输掉了比赛。

sway to
随着 ... 摇动
The earthquake caused the wall to sway to the left.
地震使墙向左倾斜。
The earthquake causes the wall to sway to the left.
地震使墙向左倾斜。

earnestness
坚定；认真；急切
Ralph resented this charge with more apparent earnestness than he commonly used.
拉尔夫不接受这种指责，他的态度比平时明朗而认真。
He looked with inquiring earnestness at his two daughters and Edmund, dwelling particularly on the latter.
他以急切询问的目光看着他的两女儿和埃德蒙，尤其是注视着埃德蒙。

at least
至少
She's completely homeless at least I have my parents to fall back on.
她是真正无家可归--我至少有父母可依靠。
The mark-up on food in a restaurant is usually at least 100%.
餐馆食物的成本加价率通常至少是100%.