waning
美 [we?n] 
英 [we?n]
- v.虧；(光,勢力等)衰落；減少
- n.衰退(期)；(木材的)缺損；月虧(期)
- 網絡逐漸減弱或變小的；闌珊；慢慢衰減的
詞形變化
第三人稱單數：wanes 現在分詞：waning 過去式：waned 反義詞
英漢解釋
v. | 1. (月)缺損,虧;(光,勢力等)衰落,衰微;減少 |
n. | |
英英解釋
例句
'All of that will buttress Japan's waning power' as it becomes a less-important economy compared with China, he said.
他說，在日本成為一個不及中國重要的經濟體之際，所有這些都將加強日本日益減弱的實力。
Its embassies grow in size and influence, often surpassing those of the United States, whose power around the world seems to be waning.
它的大使館規模和影響力都在擴大，常常超過勢力似乎式微的美國的。
The company recently reported a quarterly loss from its operations there and said the number of visitors to its stores was waning.
沃爾瑪前不久表示，在華業務出現季度性虧損，還說光顧其門店的消費者人次正在減少。
He said he saw no waning of the hunger for those glamorous names.
他說看不出消費者對這些迷人名牌渴望有衰退跡象。
Farmers have begun to turn away from organic food production in the face of waning interest from the big supermarkets.
隨著大超市的興趣不斷減少，農民們還是把注意力轉移出了有機農業上。
Europe's waning influence in a world no longer owned by the west means that the convergence is as powerful as it has ever been.
在這個不再由西方把持的世界，歐洲的影響力日漸減弱，這意味著，上述兩種利益空前統一。
It was that halcyon hour when the Angelus falls like a benediction upon the waning day.
這時正是一天中靜謐時刻，晚禱的鐘聲如同祝福一般落在垂暮的天空。
The case may be an act of desperation by an old guard whose power is waning as EU-inspired changes take hold.
這一訴訟案或許是保守勢力的絕望之舉，隨著為加入歐盟所激發的一系列變革深入人心，他們的權力日漸衰微。
Economists coined a word "mancession" at the beginning of this year to describe the worldwide phenomenon of a waxing Yin and waning Yang.
經濟學家在今年早些時候提出了“男性蕭條”的概念，認為“陰盛陽衰”正在成為全球化現象。
And yet the sun has an influence, but its influence is waning and Voyager is almost at the edge.
雖然太陽對那里仍有影響，但它的影響力正在減弱。旅行者號已經接近其影響力范圍的邊緣。
A waning moon was shining, and a hushed sense of growing life filled the air, for it was nearing spring again.
一個暗淡的月亮照在頭頂，一種幽靜的生氣充滿空中，因為那時又是春天將近了。
Newton proved himself equally intolerant of chicanery, when, in his waning years, he took a position as Master of the Mint.
牛頓本人同樣也不能容忍欺詐行為，在他晚年的時候，他擔任了皇家鑄幣廠的主管官員。
The twenty-first century is likely to be known as the 'Anti-Imperialist Century', marking a growing intolerance of the waning US empire.
二十一世紀很可能將以“反帝國主義者世紀”而載入史冊，它將印記對衰落的美帝國的不斷高漲的反抗。
It was another good choice: the easier league suited his waning legs, and the US was the new market he and his wife wanted to exploit.
這又是一次不錯的選擇：一個踢球更容易的聯盟更適合他日漸老邁的雙腿，同時美國也是他們夫婦倆想要開發的新市場。
"The moon is broken, but Daddy can fix it, " I said at the age of 3, pointing to the rind of a waning moon.
“即使月亮破碎了，爸爸也可以解決”我在3歲時指著殘月的外表說過這句話。
In the run-up to Mr Huang's arrest, the company's operations were being stung by rising credit costs and waning consumer demand.
在黃光裕被捕前，該公司的運營已受到信貸成本上升、消費者需求萎縮的打擊。
Pryor and her colleagues found that in most of the U. S. wind speeds appear to be waning, in many locations by more than 1 percent a year.
普萊爾和她的同事發現，每年在美國大部分地區，風速似乎在以大于原速1%的比例逐漸減小。
America's "political will to engage with Asia and its influence" , he writes, seem to be waning.
他寫道，“美國想在亞洲擴大影響力的政治意愿”減弱了。
That said, at least one member of this species had ascended to the rank of Jedi Knight during the waning days of the Republic.
盡管如此，在共和國衰落期，至少一名這個種族的成員登上了絕地武士的高位。
Though America is still a source of demand for the rest of the world, its waning appetite has been a hefty drag on world economic growth.
雖然美國依然是世界其他國家的需求來源，但其日益衰退的消費欲望一直拖累世界經濟的增長。
She had never realized the passage of the years, she had never imagined that her youth was waning.
她從未意識到年華的流逝，她從未想象過自己的青春正在衰減。
For the night is waning away; and there flows a ruddier light through the blood-colored panes.
夜已深，血紅的玻璃窗上映照出更為殷紅的光芒。
If you often work on your own, try to organize work involving others at the time of day when your concentration might otherwise be waning.
如果你經常一個人事情，試著在一天中你的注意力可能在其他方面會逐漸減弱的時間里組織安排包括他人的工作。
You are very old now, and with whatever remains of your waning strength, you won't be able to remove even a corner of the mountain.
你已一把年紀了，就是用盡你的氣力，也不能挖去山的一角呢？
And there is no doubt in my mind that there is still a place for them, though that market is quickly waning.
盡管物理鍵盤的市場快速萎縮，在我心中仍有它們的一席之地。
Yet the growth of mobile telephony, which has been such a strong influence on brand value, already shows signs of waning.
然而，移動電話行業的增長已顯出疲態，該行業對品牌價值曾產生過強大的影響力。
In the waning days of the Old Republic, the two were part of a Jedi taskforce sent to the Yinchorri system to put down a native uprising.
在舊共和國日漸衰微的歲月里，他們倆作為絕地特遣隊的成員被派往因喬爾星系平息當地的叛亂。
France was initially kept out but by 1818 it had won a place; the other excluded player was the waning Ottoman empire.
法國最初被阻擋在外，但到1818年它就獲得了一個位置；另一個被排斥的角色是日薄西山的奧斯曼帝國。
In the U. S. , religious commitment does not appear to be waning as secular systems develop and stabilize.
在美國，宗教信仰好像沒有隨著安全體系的發展和穩定而有所下載。
But as the legal battle rages on in both states, threading's newfound popularity across the rest of the nation shows few signs of waning.
但是由于在這兩個州里法規上的爭論仍在持續，棉線修眉在全國新近取得的熱度有一定降溫趨勢。
During the waning years of the Cold War and in the early 1990s, the pace, scope and breadth of peacekeeping operations grew rapidly.
在冷戰接近尾聲的最后幾年和90年代初，維和行動在速度、范圍和廣度上都迅速增加；
The China of today can be recognizably traced back to the late 16th century and the waning years of the Ming dynasty.
今天中國的輪廓可以追溯到16世紀晚期的晚明時代。
The moon was waning , and in such a waning light, it is very difficult to see the enemy.
月相漸虧，在這樣越來越弱的光線里，難以看見敵方。
Back and forth his head swivelled, desire maxing, resolution waning.
他來回晃著腦袋，欲望在膨漲，意志在萎縮。
But it is also one of a number of developments across Asia that suggest a painful surge of inflation may be waning.
但這也是整個亞洲地區的諸多進展之一，表明讓人傷腦筋的通脹飆升勢頭可能正在減弱。
Remember, your parting with the smile, to cover the city 's lights are waning, also lost experienced years of rinsing off haze.
依稀記得，你的臨別前那淺淺的笑，蓋過了城市的燈火闌珊，也隱沒了經歷了歲月漂洗過的群嵐。
With both windows open wide, the light of the waning moon spilled across the bedchamber.
兩扇窗戶都是全開的，蒼白的月亮光灑滿了臥室。
Before you know it, your productivity is waning, you feel tired more easily and you are on the verge of breakdown.
在你意識到這點之前，工作效率在下降，身體更易于疲憊，人體已經處于崩潰的邊緣。
The enthusiasm of Latinos seems to be waning too.
拉丁裔種族對大選的熱情似乎也在逐漸褪去。
Among Arabs secular nationalism is meanwhile waning in the face of a powerful Islamic revival through the region.
同時，在阿拉伯人世界，世俗民族主義也隨著該地區伊斯蘭強大的復興而日漸沒落。
So that's good, but I think you're going to see momentum waning as we exit this year.
這是個利好消息，但是你會注意到今年過后這種勢頭會逐漸減弱。
With the festival's waning popularity, mainstream Chinese media have come to its defense.
隨著節日的流行，主流媒體開始介入了。
