wane

英 [weɪn]

美 [weɪn]

v.  衰落; 衰败; 败落; 减弱; 缺; 亏
n.  衰退; 衰退期; 缺损; 月亏

过去式：waned　现在分词：waning　过去分词：waned　复数：wanes　第三人称单数：wanes　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11402 / COCA.10009

习惯用语

v.

wax and wane
• （力量、重要性等）兴衰枯荣，盛衰；阴晴圆缺
  to increase then decrease in strength, importance, etc. over a period of time

n.

on the wane
• 变小；衰落；减弱；败落
  becoming smaller, less important or less common
• Her popularity has been on the wane for some time.
  她的人气一段时间以来江河日下。

牛津词典

verb

• 衰落；衰败；败落；减弱
  to become gradually weaker or less important
  1. Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
     她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
• 缺；亏
  to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and full

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

• 他对这些运动项目的兴趣开始减退，倒是对橄榄球开始有了热情。 → see:While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
• PHRASE 减弱;衰落
  If something ison the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
  1. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane...
     当然，他名义上是副首相，但是显然他的影响力正在下降。
  2. In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for £5,000.
     1982年，他的事业走下坡路时，以5,000英镑的价钱卖了个剧本。
• VERB (月)缺，亏
  When the moonis waning, it is showing a smaller area of brightness each day as it changes from a full moon to a new moon.
  1. The moon was waning, and each day it rose later.
     月亮渐亏，每天出现的时间也越来越晚。
  2. ...a sky silvered by a waning moon.
     被下弦月染成银色的天空

英英释义

noun

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
  Synonym:ebbebbing

verb

• grow smaller
  1. Interest in the project waned
  Synonym:declinego down
• decrease in phase
  1. the moon is waning
• become smaller
  1. Interest in his novels waned

双语例句

• Public interest in environmental issues tends to wane during a recession.
  在不景气的日子里，公众对环境问题的关注往往减弱。
• But many people believe resistance will eventually wane.
  但是许多人认为这种抗拒将最终消失。
• If you ask any married person, he or she will tell you that marriages wax and wane.
  不要放弃。假如你问那些已婚的人，他们会告诉你，婚姻如同月亮，有时圆，有时亏。
• But if the old-fashioned Hong Kong teahouse is on the wane, the dim sum tradition itself is flourishing.
  然而，如果说老式的香港茶楼已经衰败了，但是点心这一传统本身却在欣欣向荣地发展。
• Scott's interest in his career was on the wane.
  斯科特对自己职业的兴趣正在衰减。
• I pray for the moon to forever wane.
  我祈祷月亮永不盈满。
• You shall wane, but you shall wax again.
  你会亏缺，但也会再转盈。
• And men, nations, doctrines, what you will, wax and wane by analogous acts of selection.
  以及人，国家，教条，你将的，通过选择的类似行为的盈亏。
• In the second quarter of this century, enthusiasm for the observational approach began to wane.
  在本世纪的第二个二十五年中，对观察法的热衷开始减弱。
• If he does so, he could find his popularity immediately on the wane.
  如果他这么做的话，他会发现他的受欢迎率会即刻下跌。