waned

英 [weɪnd]

美 [weɪnd]

v.  衰落; 衰败; 败落; 减弱; 缺; 亏
wane的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• Their influence had waned under King Abdullah.
  在阿卜杜拉国王的统治下他们的影响力被削弱了。
• Part of the afternoon had waned.
  下午的一部分已经消逝。
• So the immortal to taught him chess, but after a short while Wu Kang's enthusiasm again waned.
  他又求仙人教他其他的东西，于是仙人教他下棋，但不久之后吴刚又失去了兴趣。
• However, my enthusiasm waned.
  可是，我的热情却减退了。
• His temper fell far shy of its usual pitch and then waned like a fast-moving storm.
  他的脾气比往常好多了，后来像是一场来得快去得也快的风暴迅速消失了。
• Now its interest has waned, with mixed results for the long-suffering people of Nicaragua.
  随着尼加拉瓜长期受难人民错综复杂情绪的出现，当前美国对推翻桑地诺政权的兴趣已是日渐减弱。
• This triggered an atmosphere of mistrust that never waned.
  这引发了大家绝不希望出现的互不信任气氛。
• Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
  葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
• We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned.
  我们记得已经凋零的美，已经逝去的爱。
• His love for her waxed and waned through the year that they knew each other.
  在他们结识的一年中，他对她的爱情经历了波折。