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

• 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。
• 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。
• China's property prices fell for a third straight month in July, as demand wanes and lenders propping up the market pull back.
  今年7月，中国房地产价格连续第3个月下跌，因为需求在减弱，而支撑房地产市场的银行也削减了房贷业务。
• Your consciousness waxes and wanes throughout the day.
  意识每天都像月亮一样有盈有缺。
• The moon suddenly wanes and flowers shut.
  霎时间月缺花飞。
• The moon waxes and wanes; flowers bloom and fade.
  月亮圆缺缺复圆，花儿开谢谢又开。
• The moon waxes and wanes every month.
  月亮每个月都有圆缺。
• When markets soar and investors are making money, concern about corporate governance wanes.
  当市场飙升，投资者赚钱的时候，人们对企业治理的担忧就会减弱。
• 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。