wane vi. (月)缺损,亏; (opp. wax ); (光、势力等)衰落,衰微;减少。 wane to the close 接近末了。 wax and wane 盈亏;盛衰。 n. 1.月亏(期)。 2.衰退(期)。 3.(木材的)缺损。 on [in] the wane (月)正在亏缺中;衰落中,减少中。
But since then mr rove ' s star has been on the wane 但从此之后,罗夫身上的光环开始褪色。
But since then mr rove ' s star has been on the wane 不过从那以后,罗夫这颗耀眼的明星开始逐渐失去光芒。
The standard american job , with a40 - hour workweek , medical benefits and a pension at age65 , is on the wane 每周40小时,有医疗保险,并且65岁可领退休金的标准美国工作越来越少。
Now , by the time most chicks have hatched , the caterpillar season is on the wane and food is becoming scarce 但现在,大部份的雏鸟孵化出来时,毛虫的丰季正在衰退,食物也变少了。
They will see it as confirmation that the imperious ballack is in the ascendancy and lampard ' s influence is on the wane 他们会把这一幕视作强势的巴拉克逐渐占据上位而兰帕德却影响日衰的明证。
Two years on , resentment of american hegemony is alive and well , along with a sense that it may be on the wane anyway 两年来,两国对美国霸权的不满继续强烈地存在,并感觉到无论如何这种霸权都处于逐渐衰落之中。
In contrast , when shanxi merchants were on the wane , they left nothing culturally significant , which is an endless regret for later generations 晋商衰落了,随之而来的文化事业上的空白,给我们留下了无穷的遗憾。
The reputation of the golf player had been on the wane . but he has been in the media spotlight after he notched up several victories in a single season 那高尔夫球手名望如江河日下,但自从单季度里屡次胜出后,他即成为传媒焦点所在。
Most of these new jobs pay less than regular jobs , and few come with good benefits . the standard american job , with a40 - hour workweek , medical benefits and a pension at age65 , is on the wane 这些新工作(机会)多半待遇不如正式工作,并且福利优厚的不多。每周40小时,有医疗保险,并且65岁可领退休金的标准美国工作越来越少。
Today , numbers are on the wane thanks to the ease with which mobiles can store and retrieve names and the ubiquity of e - mail addresses and other internet - based identity tags , such as skype names 现在,由于移动设备存取名字十分方便、再加上无处不在的电子邮件地址及其它源自互联网的身份标识,数字在生活中正变得越来越少见。