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

  1. 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.
  2. PHRASE 减弱;衰落
    If something is on 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。
  3. VERB (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.
    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
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双语例句

  1. Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned.
    葡萄牙和西班牙都曾是经历了兴衰的大帝国。
  2. In less than four hours my enthusiasm had waned and I rather reproached myself for coming.
    不到两个时辰，我早已意兴索然，颇悔此行了。
  3. The bicycle craze has waned.
    自行车热已冷下去了。
  4. 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。
  5. Little did he know that she hates drumsticks, even though all he waned was the best for her.
    而他不知道的是，她一直认为他一点儿都不了解她，他也不知道，尽管自己总想把最好的留给她，可她最恨吃鸡腿。
  6. So the immortal to taught him chess, but after a short while Wu Kang's enthusiasm again waned.
    他又求仙人教他其他的东西，于是仙人教他下棋，但不久之后吴刚又失去了兴趣。
  7. But in the 1970s American innovation, confined to Silicon Valley, waned in the aggregate.
    但在上世纪70年代，美国创新局限于硅谷而整体减弱。
  8. Their influence had waned under King Abdullah.
    在阿卜杜拉国王的统治下他们的影响力被削弱了。
  9. 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。
  10. But once TB was eliminated from the rich world, interest waned.
    但是，一旦结核在富裕的地区被消灭，该地区的利益将会受损。
  11. My enthusiasm for the job rapidly waned.
    我的工作热情迅速降低。
  12. 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。
  13. However, my enthusiasm waned.
    可是，我的热情却减退了。
  14. We remember a beauty that faded, a love that waned.
    我们记得已经凋零的美，已经逝去的爱。
  15. With the passing of years my enthusiasm waned.
    随着岁月的消逝，我的热情逐渐减退了。
  16. 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。
  17. But its influence waned in recent decades as it focused on building closer ties with United States and Europe.
    但是在最近几十年的时间里，随著印度把注意力集中在建立同美国和欧洲更紧密的关系上，它在非洲的影响逐渐减少。
  18. This triggered an atmosphere of mistrust that never waned.
    这引发了大家绝不希望出现的互不信任气氛。
  19. 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。
  20. My good spirits waned when I saw the mess.
    一看到那幅乱糟糟的局面我的好心情就没有了。
  21. Their appetite for international co-operation has waned.
    他们寻求国际合作的愿望已经减弱。
  22. The power of the landowners waned during this period.
    这一时期地主的势力削弱了。
  23. His influence [ popularity] has waned.
    他的势力[声望]已衰退。
  24. Part of the afternoon had waned.
    下午的一部分已经消逝。
  25. The country waned in influence.
    该国的国势衰落了。
  26. His judgment seems to have waned.
    他的判断力似乎衰退了。
  27. 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。
  28. Influence of this group waned considerably.
    这个团体的影响大大减弱了。
  29. Some great states rose and faded away in history. Throughout history empires have waxed and waned.
    历史上有些大国兴起尔后又衰落了。历史上各个帝国革故鼎新均有兴衰。
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