wanes

英 [weɪnz]

美 [weɪnz]

v.  衰落; 衰败; 败落; 减弱; 缺; 亏
wane的第三人称单数

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

• Brazil runs the same risk now: the commodity super-cycle could end once Chinese demand wanes.
  巴西现在也面临着同样的风险：一旦中国需求减弱，大宗商品超级周期就可能结束。
• 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。
• The challenge for the G20 is how do you sustain the momentum and co-operation they were able to achieve when staring into the abyss at the time of the London summit as the crisis wanes?
  20国集团面临的挑战在于，当全球金融危机渐趋化解之时，如何保持各方在危机最严峻时刻，即伦敦峰会期间实现的势头与合作？
• The moon waxes and wanes;
  月有阴晴圆缺；
• The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes.
  月有暗淡和明亮，有月盈和月亏。
• Youth wanes year after year; the spring days are fugitive; the frail flowers die for nothing, and the wise man warns me that life is but a dew-drop on the lotus leaf.
  青春一年一年地消逝；春日是暂时的；柔弱的花朵无意义地调谢，聪明人警告我说，生命只是一颗荷叶上的露珠。
• The moon suddenly wanes and flowers shut.
  霎时间月缺花飞。
• When businesses fail and public confidence wanes, all involved in the capital markets have a responsibility to actively seek to understand the core problems and pursue meaningful solutions.
  当出现商业失败或公众信心动摇时，资本市场中的所有参与者都有责任积极寻求理解问题的核心并找到有意义的解决措施。
• The moon waxes and wanes; flowers bloom and fade.
  月亮圆缺缺复圆，花儿开谢谢又开。
• Thus if French is the language of love and German is associated with severity, English is American pop, American movies, and American influence-even if that influence wanes ever more.
  如果说法文是爱的语言，德文与严肃有关，英语代表的则是美国流行音乐、美国电影和美国影响力-即使这种影响正不断减弱。