wane

vi.衰落，減少，月虧(waned,waning,wanes)

n.月虧, 月虧期; 衰退, 衰退期

【諺語】

People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart .The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane .
人有悲歡離合， 月有陰晴圓缺。

The moon waxes only to wane, water brims only to overflow.
月滿則虧,水滿則溢。

【簡介】 To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree體積、數量、密度或程度的逐漸減小

【記憶】

趣味記憶

拼：萬(wan)惡(e)→（淫為首）→淫蕩使人名聲衰落

【英英解釋】
1.衰落，減少
To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline.【SYN】decline; diminish; dwindle; abate; decrease;lessen; lower; recede; reduce; subside 【OPP】wax,rise

2.（月）虧，缺
To exhibit a decreasing illuminated area from full moon to new moon.【OPP】decrease, diminish, lessen, fall【OPP】wax, full

3. 結束
To approach an end.

【習慣用語】
on[in] the wane
(月)正在虧缺中; 衰落[減少]中

wax and wane
(月的)盈虧[圓缺]; [喻]盛衰

wane to the close
接近尾聲, 即將完結

【例句與詳解:】

His strength[reputation] is waning.
他的力量[名聲]減弱了。

The day is waning.
近黃昏了。

The moon is on the wane.
月亮漸虧。

The sick man's strength is on the wane.
病人的體力越來越弱。

With the passing of years my enthusiasm waned.
隨著歲月的消逝，我的熱情逐漸減退了。

The country waned in influence.
該國的國勢衰落了。

The popularity of the film stars waxed and waned.
電影明星們的名望盛衰無常。

His love for her waxed and waned through the year that they knew each other.
在他們相識的那一年里，他對她的愛一直時增時減。

As domestic film industries continue to wane, it seems Hollywood has won the global cultural war.
在美國國內電影業面臨衰退之際，好萊塢似乎已經贏得了全球的文化戰爭。

【拾趣】

A Joke: The list

(有些不健康，就不給出漢語了，大家自己看，幫助大家加深記憶 )

A man's libido was on the wane, so he went to an expert. After examining him, the expert told him that his penis was wearing out. That he had only thirty times left, so he must make the most of them.
The man went home and told his wife.
"Only thirty times," the wife was shocked, "then we must make a list, because we must treasure every time."
"I've already made the list on the way home," said the man, "and you're not on it."