wane

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UK [weɪn]
  • v.衰落；减弱；缺；亏
  • n.衰退(期)；(木材的)缺损；月亏(期)
  • Web减少；变小；亏缺
Simple Present：wanes  Present Participle：waning  Past Tense：waned  

Antonym

v.
wax

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wane
v.
1.
[i]
衰落；衰败；败落；减弱to become gradually weaker or less important
Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
2.
[i]
缺；亏to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and full
n.
IDM
Her popularity has been on the wane for some time.
她的人气一段时间以来江河日下。
on the wane
变小；衰落；减弱；败落becoming smaller, less important or less common
Her popularity has been on the wane for some time.
她的人气一段时间以来江河日下。

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Definition:
AllAll,衰落衰落,减弱减弱,缺缺,亏亏,衰退衰退,缺损缺损,月亏月亏,减少减少,变小变小,亏缺亏缺
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1.
As expected my energy level began to wane after a few months on the road, and my original ambitious itinerary grew a bit shorter.
正如所料，几个月后我的体力有所下降，对原本热望的旅程进行了缩减。
zhèng rú suǒ liào , jǐ gè yuè hòu wǒ de tǐ lì yǒu suǒ xià jiàng , duì yuán běn rè wàng de lǚ chéng jìn xíng le suō jiǎn 。
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2.
Two years on, resentment of American hegemony is alive and well, along with a sense that it may be on the wane anyway.
两年来，两国对美国霸权的不满继续强烈地存在，并感觉到无论如何这种霸权都处于逐渐衰落之中。
liǎng nián lái , liǎng guó duì měi guó bà quán de bù mǎn jì xù qiáng liè de cún zài , bìng gǎn jué dào wú lùn rú hé zhè zhǒng bà quán dōu chǔ yú zhú jiàn shuāi luò zhī zhōng 。
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3.
Thousands of factories have closed as global demand for Chinese exports has continued to wane, leading to protests at rising unemployment.
由于全世界对中国出口商品的需求持续回落，数千家工厂被关闭，导致对失业上升的抗议。
yóu yú quán shì jiè duì zhōng guó chū kǒu shāng pǐn de xū qiú chí xù huí luò , shù qiān jiā gōng chǎng bèi guān bì , dǎo zhì duì shī yè shàng shēng de kàng yì 。
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4.
When I'm sitting in an audience listening to a long lecture, my attention usually starts to wane at about this point in the hour.
当我作为听众坐在台下听别人演讲时，演讲进行到这个时间段通常我就开始走神。
dāng wǒ zuò wéi tīng zhòng zuò zài tái xià tīng bié rén yǎn jiǎng shí , yǎn jiǎng jìn xíng dào zhè ge shí jiān duàn tōng cháng wǒ jiù kāi shǐ zǒu shén 。
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5.
It looks as if the wind blows astern, and the waves wax and wane like the moon in the vast sky, and yet We are a still picture.
看来，如果风吹船尾，波浪兴衰像天上的月亮在广袤的，但我们是一个静止图像。
kàn lái , rú guǒ fēng chuī chuán wěi , bō làng xīng shuāi xiàng tiān shàng de yuè liàng zài guǎng mào de , dàn wǒ men shì yī gè jìng zhǐ tú xiàng 。
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6.
The urge to eat to the bottom of a bag appears to wane when a package is so large it is clearly not a single serving size, Dr. Geier says.
盖尔博士说，当包装很大、明显不是一人份的量时，吃完整袋才停下来的欲望似乎会有所减弱。
gài ěr bó shì shuō , dāng bāo zhuāng hěn dà 、 míng xiǎn bú shì yī rén fèn de liàng shí , chī wán zhěng dài cái tíng xià lái de yù wàng sì hū huì yǒu suǒ jiǎn ruò 。
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7.
She had been regretting the wane of a pleasant evening, but she had thought there was a half-hour more.
她一直在惋惜这个愉快的夜晚即将消逝，但她原以为还有半个小时呢。
tā yì zhí zài wǎn xī zhè ge yú kuài de yè wǎn jí jiāng xiāo shì , dàn tā yuán yǐ wéi hái yǒu bàn gè xiǎo shí ne 。
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8.
But he never settled during a period when Rafael Benitez' reign was beginning to wane.
但是在拉法耶.贝尼特斯地位越来越弱的那段时期，他的位置一直没有能确定下来。
dàn shì zài lā fǎ yē . bèi ní tè sī dì wèi yuè lái yuè ruò de nà duàn shí qī , tā de wèi zhì yì zhí méi yǒu néng què dìng xià lái 。
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9.
Travel chaos has continued to grip Europe, despite the easing of its aerial lockdown as the Icelandic volcano eruption appeared to wane.
尽管冰岛火山爆发活动开始衰减，航空管制业已解除，欧洲交通仍然处于混乱之中。
jǐn guǎn bīng dǎo huǒ shān bào fā huó dòng kāi shǐ shuāi jiǎn , háng kōng guǎn zhì yè yǐ jiě chú , ōu zhōu jiāo tōng réng rán chǔ yú hùn luàn zhī zhōng 。
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10.
This explains why the ECB's commitment to an exit did not wane as investors' unease spread from Greece to elsewhere in Europe.
这一点可以解释，为什么即使在投资者的不安情绪从希腊蔓延到欧洲其它地方之际，欧洲央行对退出计划的承诺也未见减弱。
zhè yì diǎn kě yǐ jiě shì , wèi shén me jí shǐ zài tóu zī zhě de bù ān qíng xù cóng xī là màn yán dào ōu zhōu qí tā dì fang zhī jì , ōu zhōu yāng háng duì tuì chū jì huà de chéng nuò yě wèi jiàn jiǎn ruò 。
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