wane
【减少、衰退、变弱】
"Wane" 的含义及用法
"Wane" 主要是一个动词,表示减少、衰退、变弱,常用于描述月亮的亏缺、力量的衰退或兴趣的减弱。它也可以作为名词,指衰退的过程或状态。
1. "Wane" 作为动词(Verb)
✅ 含义:
表示逐渐减少、变小、衰退,通常用于描述月亮、权力、影响力、热情等的减弱。
✅ 例句:
- The moon wanes after a full moon.
(满月之后,月亮开始亏缺。) - His influence in the company is waning.
(他在公司的影响力正在减弱。) - Public interest in the project has waned over time.
(公众对该项目的兴趣随着时间的推移逐渐减退。) - Her enthusiasm for the job began to wane after a few months.
(几个月后,她对这份工作的热情开始减退。)
✅ 常见搭配:
- Wane in popularity → 受欢迎程度下降
- The show’s popularity waned after its second season.
(这部剧在第二季后人气下降。)
- The show’s popularity waned after its second season.
- Wane in strength → 力量衰退
- As he grew older, his physical strength waned.
(随着年龄增长,他的体力逐渐衰退。)
- As he grew older, his physical strength waned.
- Wane in importance → 重要性下降
- The importance of handwritten letters has waned in the digital age.
(在数字时代,手写信的意义已经减少。)
- The importance of handwritten letters has waned in the digital age.
2. "Wane" 作为名词(Noun)
✅ 含义:
指减少、衰退的过程,通常用于表达某事物的消退或减弱。
✅ 例句:
- The empire was on the wane.
(这个帝国正在衰落。) - His power is in a steady wane.
(他的权力正在稳步下降。)
3. "Wane" vs. "Wax"(对比 "Wax")
"Wane" 的反义词是 "Wax",它们经常一起使用来描述事物的周期性变化。
- "Wax" → 增长、增加(如月亮渐盈)。
- "Wane" → 减少、衰退(如月亮渐亏)。
✅ 例句:
- The moon waxes and wanes every month.
(月亮每个月都会盈亏变化。) - His confidence waxed and waned throughout his career.
(他的自信在整个职业生涯中起起落落。)
4. 近义词
- Decline → 下降、衰退
- The company's profits have declined in recent years.
(这家公司的利润近年来一直在下降。)
- The company's profits have declined in recent years.
- Diminish → 减少、削弱
- His authority gradually diminished after the scandal.
(丑闻发生后,他的权威逐渐削弱。)
- His authority gradually diminished after the scandal.
- Fade → 褪色、变弱
- Her memory of the event has faded over time.
(她对那件事的记忆随着时间的推移逐渐模糊。)
- Her memory of the event has faded over time.
- Weaken → 变弱、削弱
- The storm weakened as it moved inland.
(这场风暴在向内陆移动时减弱了。)
- The storm weakened as it moved inland.
5. 总结
🔹 Wane(动词) → 变小、减少、衰退(如月亮、影响力、热情等)。
🔹 Wane(名词) → 衰退、减弱的过程或状态。
🔹 与 "Wax" 相对,两者常用来描述事物的周期性变化(如 "wax and wane")。
🔹 常见搭配:wane in popularity(受欢迎度下降)、wane in strength(力量衰退)、on the wane(在衰退中)。