wanes

英 [weɪnz]

美 [weɪnz]

v.  衰落; 衰败; 败落; 减弱; 缺; 亏
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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

• As the Sauron's power grows, her strength wanes.
  魔王的能量增强了，她的力量就减弱了。
• The moon waxes and wanes every month.
  月亮每个月都有圆缺。
• Mr Glass said that unlike many social networks, where users 'interest gradually wanes, LinkedIn's network effect means it becomes more valuable and useful to its members over time.
  格拉斯表示，与许多用户兴趣逐渐减弱的社交网络不同，Linkedln的网络效应意味着，随着时间的推移，它变得对用户越来越有价值，越来越有用。
• Dring the process, performance will come out not the greatest joys and sorrows. it waxes and wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the olden days.
  在寻找的过程中，演出了无尽的悲欢离合。
• If his support wanes further, the elites could fracture and start promoting alternative candidates, with unpredictable consequences.
  如果普京的支持率进一步下降，这个集团可能出现分裂，并开始培植新的代言人，其结果将难以预料。
• The moon waxes and wanes; flowers bloom and fade.
  月亮圆缺缺复圆，花儿开谢谢又开。
• As the moon wanes the heart wanders.
  月亏的时候，心在流浪。
• It suggests that she might actually have somewhere creative to go as her pop appeal wanes.
  这表明当麦当娜号召力逐渐衰退时，她或许真的还有可以挖掘的地方。
• Solar activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle.
  太阳活动的盛衰以11年为周期。
• The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes.
  月有暗淡和明亮，有月盈和月亏。