wane 的 2 个定义
waned, wan·ing.
- to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on.Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II.
- to draw to a close; approach an end: Summer is waning.
- to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon.Compare wax.
- a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- the drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.
- the waning of the moon.
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wane 近义词
diminish, lessen
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- At their best, road races can still provide the in-person communal experience that was already on the wane before the pandemic accelerated the forces of alienation and digital cocooning.
- The idea of putting in eight hours a day, five days a week was already on the wane for many millennial and Gen Z workers, long before the arrival of Covid-19.
- The waxing in those Wall Street staples as the results in consumer wane is what’s supporting JPMorgan in the crisis.
- Some might believe bureaucracy is on the wane, that it’s headed for the same fate as landline telephones or gas-powered cars.
- The moon was a ribbon-thin waning crescent, and I found the vast dark, with no city lights, almost terrifying to take in.
- Today, liberal Protestantism is on the wane, and optimistic postmillennialism along with it.
- On defense, Republican small government orthodoxy tends to wane.
- There is also statistical evidence to suggest that FGM may be on the wane.
- Until last night, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that the Tea Party was on the wane.
- The South can block some things, but eventually even that power will wane.
- Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.
- But Mrs. Charmington was already on the wane, and as he had no wish to be her hero now he rather fought shy of her.
- The moon was rising, its reddish disk somewhat diminished from being on the wane.
- The one is religious, the other a civil power; the one may wane, the other rise.
- The exchange of places was made, but after Fred had rowed for an hour or more his confidence also began to wane.