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

• 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。
• With the passing of years my enthusiasm waned.
  随着岁月的消逝，我的热情逐渐减退了。
• The power of the landowners waned during this period.
  这一时期地主的势力削弱了。
• 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。
• Little did he know that she hates drumsticks, even though all he waned was the best for her.
  而他不知道的是，她一直认为他一点儿都不了解她，他也不知道，尽管自己总想把最好的留给她，可她最恨吃鸡腿。
• But its influence waned in recent decades as it focused on building closer ties with United States and Europe.
  但是在最近几十年的时间里，随著印度把注意力集中在建立同美国和欧洲更紧密的关系上，它在非洲的影响逐渐减少。
• But in the 1970s American innovation, confined to Silicon Valley, waned in the aggregate.
  但在上世纪70年代，美国创新局限于硅谷而整体减弱。
• As I got older and passed through medical school and residency, my thirst for alcohol waned considerably.
  随着年龄的增长，我通过医学院考试和实习，对酒的渴求也相当地降低了。
• The bicycle craze has waned.
  自行车热已冷下去了。
• But once TB was eliminated from the rich world, interest waned.
  但是，一旦结核在富裕的地区被消灭，该地区的利益将会受损。