trailed off
縮小；減弱
His voice trailed off in confusion.
困惑中他的聲音逐漸變小
The discussion trailed off into futilities.
討論離題越來越遠。變成了無益的空談。
Her thin voice trailed off into silence.
她的聲音越來越弱直至毫無聲息。

despite
prep.盡管；不管
n.憎恨；輕視
Despite old age, she is still learning to drive.
盡管年事已高,她還在學開車。
Despite all our efforts we still lost the game.
盡管我們盡了全力，我們還是輸掉了比賽。

sway to
隨著 ... 搖動
The earthquake caused the wall to sway to the left.
地震使墻向左傾斜。
The earthquake causes the wall to sway to the left.
地震使墻向左傾斜。

earnestness
堅定；認真；急切
Ralph resented this charge with more apparent earnestness than he commonly used.
拉爾夫不接受這種指責，他的態度比平時明朗而認真。
He looked with inquiring earnestness at his two daughters and Edmund, dwelling particularly on the latter.
他以急切詢問的目光看著他的兩女兒和埃德蒙，尤其是注視著埃德蒙。

at least
至少
She's completely homeless at least I have my parents to fall back on.
她是真正無家可歸--我至少有父母可依靠。
The mark-up on food in a restaurant is usually at least 100%.
餐館食物的成本加價率通常至少是100%.