wane

英[weɪn]美[weɪn]

vi.衰落，（月）亏，缺，结束，变暗淡；

第三人称单数：wanes;

过去式：waned;

过去分词：waned;

现在分词：waning;

例句

Their political power is on the wane.他们的**势力逐渐减弱。

Her interest in the project is on the wane.她对这个项目的兴趣正在减弱。

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

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

The moon is on the wane.月亮渐亏.

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。

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。

While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.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。

同义词

vi.

wane的同义词之：变小;减少;衰落

declinedecreasediminishrecedesubsideabatereducelessen

wane的同义词之：其他释义

loosendisappearancedecreasediminishwitherreduceafternoonrecedeabatesubsidedeclinelessen

反义词

wane的反义词之：

wax

wane的反义词之：其他释义

wax

词组

on the wane

In a period of decline or decrease衰减：处于正在衰退或减少的时期

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

衰落;减少

If something wanes, it becomes gradually weaker or less, often so that it eventually disappears.

例句

While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.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。...her mother's waning strength.她母亲日渐不济的体力

PHRASE

减弱;衰落

If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.

例句

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。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 moon is waning, it is showing a smaller area of brightness each day as it changes from a full moon to a new moon.

例句

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。...a sky silvered by a waning moon.被下弦月染成银色的天空

英汉词典释义

vi.

(月)亏, 缺

The moon waxes and wanes every month.月亮每个月都有圆缺。

变小;减少

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

变暗淡

衰落;衰败;没落;败落;消逝;减弱

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

退潮

n.

月亏;月亏期

衰退;衰退期

变小;亏缺;衰落;减弱;败落

The moon is on the wane.月亮渐亏。Her interest in the project is on the wane.她对这个项目的兴趣正在减弱。Their political power is on the wane.他们的**势力逐渐减弱。

英英词典释义

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"