wane的意思|wane的解释-里氏词典

wane [wein]

n. 减少, 衰微, 败落, 亏缺, 月亏

vi. 变小, 亏缺, 衰落, 消逝, 退潮

wane

[ noun ]

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

<noun.process>

[ verb ]

grow smaller

<verb.change>

decline

go down

Interest in the project waned

become smaller

<verb.change>
Interest in his novels waned

decrease in phase

<verb.change>
the moon is waning

Wane \Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won,
deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity,
OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr
lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting,
inferior. ????. Cf. {Want} lack, and {Wanton}.]
1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax},
and especially applied to the illuminated part of the
moon.

Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison.

2. To decline; to fail; to sink.

You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden.

Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
--Sir J.
Child.

Wane \Wane\, v. t.
To cause to decrease. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

Wane \Wane\, n.
1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the
eye of a spectator.

2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.

An age in which the church is in its wane. --South.

Though the year be on the wane. --Keble.

3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

4. (Forestry) The natural curvature of a log or of the edge
of a board sawed from a log.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The public's enthusiasm for options trading seems sure to wane.
As a result, metals consumption could wane.
When the popularity of the green baize started to wane Hearn shifted his attention to boxing.
Sensing that support could only wane with time, House leaders planned to bring the measure to the floor as soon as it was drafted into legislative language - a painstaking process not expected to be over until well after midnight.
"Mining and Collinsville were almost synonymous terms." The coal-mining industry slowly started to wane, however, and in 1969, Miners Live was sold to a private company, which turned it into a movie house.
Popularity of home-equity credit isn't expected to wane unless rates go higher.
Today, however, Jewish leaders say it is on the wane.
His own career on the wane, largely because of his alienating, street-tough way of doing business, Irving turned his attention to Jackie's.
Unfortunately, philately is on the wane these days, and the principality has moved on to other things. Now it is known best as a tax haven. The sector achieved especial notoriety three years ago when Mr Robert Maxwell's empire collapsed.
By mid-morning, fewer trucks pass and job prospects wane.
Labor Party leader Shimon Peres predicted Monday that the 28-month-old Palestinian uprising will wane once his party leads the government into a Palestinian-Israeli dialogue.
Thus, the influence on public opinion of the party's most authoritative newspaper was visibly on the wane.
Capanna noted there is intense competition for positions in orchestras. However, if more interest in some instruments is not developed, that competition could wane.
While public attention to the hearings is expected to wane following the emotion of the past two weeks, the conflicts could preserve the skepticism seen in opinion polls since the scandal broke last fall.
To stay rich, however, Standard had to prepare for a time when Prudhoe's production would wane; that could occur in two or three years.
But the National Science Foundation, which runs U.S. bases, thinks that the government's commitment to Antarctica will wane, what with new restrictions on mineral development and declining Soviet competition.
But as investor interest in smaller stocks began to wane earlier this year, and prices of many little issues began to slide, market makers started to pull out of some of the slower-moving stocks.
Alas, by the time Mr. Klucevsek started looking for bookings and commissions, the instrument's popularity was on the wane.
"All of us were surprised that it spread so rapidly to other cities," said McNeil. `Six months later it began to wane, but we hung in and persevered.
Moreover, Soviet influence would also wane because de-escalation of gulf hostilities would make Moscow's military less needed there.
Mr Dudayev's control over the breakaway region, which appeared on the wane early this month when Moscow stepped up its political and financial support of Chechen opposition forces, has appeared to strengthen recently.
This seems to be reflected in Mr Perot's standing if, indeed, it is now on the wane.
Although opportunities for new construction generally are on the wane, the communications giant is looking for new projects in order to consolidate its offices around the country, and developers are eager to land such a prestigious tenant.
Alas, all the Braves have to show for 12 seasons of Turnerian guidance is one division title, in 1982, and a couple of seasons ago Turner's interest began to wane.
But it is certain that Dean Witter's performance will wane in the current quarter, given the stock market's large declines.
Even before Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte learned he was suffering from cancer, the Reagan administration was concerned that the special relationship it had forged with El Savador under Duarte's leadership could begin to wane.
"After a while, the Middle East peace talks are going to wane," says Robert Kupperman, who tracks terrorism at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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