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wane

/weyn/US // weɪn //UK // (weɪn) //

衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱

Related Words

dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的peter out熄灭,淘汰,灭亡,熄火shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴relent勉强,不舍得,勉强接受,手软sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
    • : a period of waning.
    • : a defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdiminish, lessen
Forms: waned, wanes, waning
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻atrophy萎缩,萎萎缩,萎缩不全,萎缩的decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡die out灭亡,消亡,熄灭,灭顶之灾dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的peter out熄灭,淘汰,灭亡,熄火shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降taper off缩减,逐渐减少,渐渐减少,渐渐消失weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了wither凋零,凋谢,枯萎,萎缩decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴fail不合格,失败,不及格,不成功fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的relent勉强,不舍得,勉强接受,手软sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦die away消亡,消逝,消亡了,逝去draw to a close收工,收兵,收官,收尾ease off纾解,纾缓,缓和,缓解fade away消失,消失了,消逝,消失不见fall short亏损,亏欠,亏空,不及格let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽slack off松懈,松懈怠慢,懈怠,偷懒waste away浪费,浪费了,消减,浪费掉wind down收场,收风,收尾工作,收工

Examples

  • 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.

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