waning
adj. (月亮)漸虧的,逐漸減弱或變小的
n. 月虧
v. 衰落( wane的現在分詞 ); (月)虧; 變小; 變暗淡
If something wanes, it becomes gradually weaker or less, often so that it eventually disappears.
While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.
他對這些運動專案的興趣開始減退,倒是對橄欖球開始有了熱情。
...her mother's waning strength.
她母親日漸不濟的體力
If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less.
He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane...
當然,他名義上是副首相,但是顯然他的影響力正在下降。
In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for £5,000.
1982年,他的事業走下坡路時,以5,000英鎊的價錢賣了個劇本。
When the moon is waning, it is showing a smaller area of brightness each day as it changes from a full moon to a new moon.
The moon was waning, and each day it rose later.
月亮漸虧,每天出現的時間也越來越晚。
...a sky silvered by a waning moon.
被下弦月染成銀色的天空
1. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent;
1. (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases;
Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly.
她對整個想法的熱情迅速冷淡了下來。
The day is waning and the road is ending.
日暮途窮.
His strength is waning.
他的精力漸漸衰頹.
Her enthusiasm for the expedition was waning rapidly.
她對這次出行的熱勁迅速減低.
" I see fading flowers and I weep . The waning moon hurts my heart.
“ 我看見花落要流淚,看見月缺也會傷心.