wane的意思是:n.衰落;亏缺;变弱;v.变小;亏缺;呈下弦。wane的例句是用作名词(n.)The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。wane过去式:waned;过去分词:waned;现在分词:waning;第三人称单数:wanes。
一、详尽释义点此查看wane的详细内容
二、英英释义
"Interest in the project waned"
"Interest in his novels waned"
"the moon is waning"
三、词典解释
1.衰落;减少
If somethingwanes, it becomes gradually weaker or less, often so that it eventually disappears.
e.g. While his interest in these sports began towane, 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。
e.g. ...her mother's waning strength.
她母亲日渐不济的体力
2.减弱;衰落
If something ison the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
e.g. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on thewane...
当然,他名义上是副首相,但是显然他的影响力正在下降。
e.g. In 1982, with his career prospects on thewane, 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。
3.(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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...a sky silvered by a waning moon.
被下弦月染成银色的天空
四、例句
The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.
帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。
By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
到这时,罗马帝国已日益衰败。
Why should the moon have wax and wane?
为什么一定会月有阴晴圆缺?
The sick man's strength is on the wane.
病人的体力越来越弱。
The government's popularity is on the wane.
政府的声望日益低落。
As time went on, so their hopes began to wane.
随着时间的消逝,他们的希望开始变得渺茫。
The moon waxes and wanes every month.
月亮每个月都有盈亏。
When the moon is at its full, it begins to wane.
月盈则亏。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
She, like a moon in wane, Faded before him.
出自:KeatsThat which grows is said to wax, and that which decays to wane.
出自:B. Jowettwane的相关近义词
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