动词abatelessendiminishdeclinedecreasesubsiderecedereduce

不及物动词wax

1. wane to the close : 接近末尾, 将完结；

1. When did the empire begin to wane?
    那个帝国何时开始衰落的？

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2. My interest in the problem waned.
    我对那个问题的兴趣减弱了。

1. The moon is on the wane.
    月亮渐亏。

2. His fortune is on the wane.
    他命运不济了。

1. wane的近义词

1. 变小,减少：choral society 合唱团 | wane 变小,减少 | libel 诽谤

2. wane什么意思

2. 衰微; 退潮：passivity: 被动性 | wane:衰微; 退潮 | peril: 危险

3. 变小：wax 增大 | wane 变小 | reverence 威望

4. 圆木锯成板的边缘斜曲变小衰落月亏：wanderingsequence 跳焊法 | wane 圆木锯成板的边缘斜曲;变小;衰落;月亏 | wane 圆木锯成板的边缘斜曲变小衰落月亏

1. 衰落;减少
    If something wanes, it becomes gradually weaker or less, often so that it eventually disappears.

    e.g. While his interest in these sports began to wane, 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 is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.

wane

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

3. (月)缺，亏
    When the moon is 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

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

    Synonym: ebbebbing

1. grow smaller

    e.g. Interest in the project waned

    Synonym: declinego down

2. decrease in phase

    e.g. the moon is waning

3. become smaller

    e.g. Interest in his novels waned