wane

英[weɪn] 美[weɪn]
  • n. 衰落；亏缺；变弱
  • v. 变小；亏缺；呈下弦
waned waned waning wanes
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 衰退（期），衰微
    2. 缺损
    3. 月亏（期），亏缺
    4. 减少，减弱，变弱
    5. 没落，衰落，败落
    6. 钝棱
    7. 变小
    8. 缺角方木
    v. (动词)
    1. 缺；缺损
    2. 变暗淡
    3. 没落，衰落，衰败，败落
    4. 退潮
    5. 减弱，变弱
    6. 亏，亏缺
    7. 衰微，衰退
    8. 减少
    9. 消逝，过去
    10. 将近尾声
    11. 越来越松
    12. 变小
    13. 呈下弦

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Verb:
  1. grow smaller;

    "Interest in the project waned"

  2. become smaller;

    "Interest in his novels waned"

  3. decrease in phase;

    "the moon is waning"

双语例句

1. The moon is on the wane.
月亮渐亏.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. When did the empire begin to wane?
那个帝国何时开始衰落的?

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.
她对他的热情在开始减退.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
      帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。
    2. By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
      到这时，罗马帝国已日益衰败。
    3. Why should the moon have wax and wane?
      为什么一定会月有阴晴圆缺?
    4. The sick man's strength is on the wane.
      病人的体力越来越弱。
    5. The government's popularity is on the wane.
      政府的声望日益低落。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. As time went on, so their hopes began to wane.
      随着时间的消逝，他们的希望开始变得渺茫。
    2. The moon waxes and wanes every month.
      月亮每个月都有盈亏。
    3. When the moon is at its full, it begins to wane.
      月盈则亏。

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