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

• The country waned in influence.
  该国的国势衰落了。
• My enthusiasm for the job rapidly waned.
  我的工作热情迅速降低。
• 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。
• His love for her waxed and waned through the year that they knew each other.
  在他们结识的一年中，他对她的爱情经历了波折。
• 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。
• Now its interest has waned, with mixed results for the long-suffering people of Nicaragua.
  随着尼加拉瓜长期受难人民错综复杂情绪的出现，当前美国对推翻桑地诺政权的兴趣已是日渐减弱。
• However, my enthusiasm waned.
  可是，我的热情却减退了。
• Their power waned, in the human realm as well as the Garou.
  无论在狼人的领域还是人类的，他们的力量衰落了。
• He said anyone who says America's influence has waned does not know what they are talking about.
  他说，声称美国的影响力已经削弱的任何人都是不知自己在说些什么。