Wane

(verb.) decrease in phase; 'the moon is waning'.

(verb.) become smaller; 'Interest in his novels waned'.

埃莉整理

• Matters being brought to this so far satisfactory pass, and time being on the wane, Mrs. Bagnet proposes a departure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With the quick sensibility peculiar to his temperament, he perceived his power in the brilliant circle to be on the wane. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But, at about the time of High 'Change, Pressure began to wane, and appalling whispers to circulate, east, west, north, and south. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The day waned into a gloomy evening, overcast and sad, and I still contended with the same distress. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Plutarch accuses Pericles of bringing it on, because he felt his popularity waned so fast that a war was needed to make him indispensable. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• So we all rode down to Magdala, while the gnashing of teeth waxed and waned by turns, and harsh words troubled the holy calm of Galilee. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• As soon as the first enthusiasm for freedom waned, the weakness of the theory upon the constructive side became obvious. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Lastly, the aim of following nature means to note the origin, the waxing, and waning, of preferences and interests. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was dim--a pale, waning autumn day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The waning moon, which had just risen, shewed me a cottage, whose neat entrance and trim garden reminded me of my own England. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• May I suggest, Schoolmaster,' said Eugene, removing his fast-waning cigar from his lips to glance at it, 'that you can now take your pupil away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Oh, waning moon! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Yet the scene in the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and to recall his waning interest. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

整理:莫顿