音标：[wein] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

n. 减少, 衰微, 败落, 亏缺, 月亏
vi. 变小, 亏缺, 衰落, 消逝, 退潮

v. become smaller
v. decrease in phase

词型变化：过去式 : waned ; 现在分词 : waning ; 过去分词 : waned ; 名词复数形式 : wanes ; 第三人称单数 : wanes
考试类型：[托福/IELTS/GRE]

词性分布：

动词83%

名词17%

wane的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The empire was on the wane after its period of prosperity.帝国经过全盛以后逐渐衰落。
By now the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.到这时，罗马帝国已日益衰败。
Why should the moon have wax and wane?为什么一定会月有阴晴圆缺?
The sick man's strength is on the wane.病人的体力越来越弱。
The government's popularity is on the wane.政府的声望日益低落。

用作动词(v.)

As time went on, so their hopes began to wane.随着时间的消逝，他们的希望开始变得渺茫。
The moon waxes and wanes every month.月亮每个月都有盈亏。
When the moon is at its full, it begins to wane.月盈则亏。

词汇搭配

wax and wane盈亏
on the wane日益衰落、衰弱, 日...
wane and wax of yin and yang阴阳消长

经典引文

She, like a moon in wane, Faded before him.
出自：Keats
That which grows is said to wax, and that which decays to wane.
出自：B. Jowett

【近义词】

diminish减少
decrease减少
decline下降
fade逐渐消失
disappear消失
vanish消失
abate缓和
subside沉没
recede后退
lessen减少
reduce减少
disappearance消失
loosen松开
wither枯萎，干枯
afternoon下午
ebb退潮
pine松树
lower低的
ebbing动词ebb的现在进行式...
go down下降，下跌

【反义词】

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