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waning

/wey-ning/US // weɪ nɪŋ //

萎缩,消退,减弱,减退

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : decreasing in strength, intensity, etc.: Many teens in focus groups expressed waning enthusiasm for social media.
    • : declining in power, importance, prosperity, etc.: The recent hacking of the retailer’s credit card system will have devastating implications for its already waning business.
    • : drawing to a close; approaching an end: The bill will likely be passed in the waning days of this legislative session.
    • : decreasing in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon: The crescent of fine white sand, wrapped around the bay, looked like a waning moon.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the process of decreasing, declining, or coming to an end: The Middle Ages occurred between the waning of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance.
    • : the process of decreasing in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon: Onion seeds are planted in the fall, during the waning of the Harvest Moon.

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Examples

  • The slowdown in ad job growth could indicate the “waning days” of the current economic expansion, or it could just be that agencies are opting to play it safe.

  • His fusion band, Return to Forever, would soon become one of the most popular groups of the era, with several of its albums sailing into the Billboard Top 40 during a time when the marketability of jazz was on the wane.

  • Almost $60 billion worth of stock changed hands at $695 a share, most of it in one giant trade in the session’s waning seconds.

  • On Sunday, the Jets fell to 0-12, after allowing a long touchdown pass in the game’s waning seconds.

  • For progressives, the waning days of 2014 should be as dark a moment as their movement has faced since 2004.

  • The government report states the “outbreak [of beetles] is waning.”

  • As we enter the waning years of the Obama Administration, America remains as divided as ever on matters of race.

  • However, her popularity is waning as the big 3-0 approaches, so Garfield decides to dump her at an antique furniture store.

  • But, again, with enthusiasm for Modern Family waning as the buzz for Veep continues to grow, Tony Hale should win again this year.

  • When it is new, and also when in its waning stages it is visible in the daytime, the spherical form is very apparent.

  • My waning strength is a source of satisfaction: perhaps it indicates the approach of death.

  • Any attack of illness that happened to the emperor was directly attributed to the waning popularity of the oath.

  • The afternoon of a summer's day was deepening into twilight, but the waning light sufficed to show the features of the occupants.

  • Such as still lingered shone with a changed and waning brightness, and began to faint in their stations.