wane
衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱
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waned, wan·ing.
- : to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on.Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- : to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II.
- : to draw to a close; approach an end: Summer is waning.
- : to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon.Compare wax.
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- : a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.
- : the drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.
- : the waning of the moon.
- : a period of waning.
- : a defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log.
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At their best, road races can still provide the in-person communal experience that was already on the wane before the pandemic accelerated the forces of alienation and digital cocooning.
The idea of putting in eight hours a day, five days a week was already on the wane for many millennial and Gen Z workers, long before the arrival of Covid-19.
The waxing in those Wall Street staples as the results in consumer wane is what’s supporting JPMorgan in the crisis.
Some might believe bureaucracy is on the wane, that it’s headed for the same fate as landline telephones or gas-powered cars.
The moon was a ribbon-thin waning crescent, and I found the vast dark, with no city lights, almost terrifying to take in.
Today, liberal Protestantism is on the wane, and optimistic postmillennialism along with it.
On defense, Republican small government orthodoxy tends to wane.
There is also statistical evidence to suggest that FGM may be on the wane.
Until last night, the conventional wisdom in Washington was that the Tea Party was on the wane.
The South can block some things, but eventually even that power will wane.
Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.