wane
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they wane | |
| he / she / it wanes | |
| past simple waned | |
| past participle waned | |
| -ing form waning |
- [intransitive]
to become gradually weaker or less important 衰落；衰败；败落；减弱 Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。 Their popularity waned during that period. 在那个时期，他们的受欢迎程度下降了。 Demand for the product shows no signs of waning. 对该产品的需求没有减弱的迹象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- somewhat
- considerably
- …
- begin to
- wax and wane
- [intransitive]
(of the moon 月亮 to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and full 缺；亏
Word OriginOld English wanian ‘lessen’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus ‘vain’.
Idioms
wax and wane
- (literary)
to increase then decrease in strength, importance, etc. over a period of time （力量、重要性等）兴衰枯荣，盛衰；阴晴圆缺 Public interest in the issue has waxed and waned over the years. 这些年来公众对这个话题的兴趣时冷时热。
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