首頁英語詞典wanewane的意思

wane

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英 [we?n] 美[wen]

英英釋義詞組搭配實(shí)用場景例句

近義詞decline decrease diminish recede subside abate reduce lessen

vi. 衰落；變小；虧缺；退潮；消逝
n. 衰退；月虧；衰退期；缺損
n. (Wane)人名；(英)韋恩；(阿拉伯)瓦尼；(幾、馬里、塞內(nèi))瓦內(nèi)

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詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?wanes;過去式:?waned;過去分詞:?waned;現(xiàn)在分詞:?waning;

助記提示

1. want, wanton => wane.
2. This was derived from the base *wan- 'lacking', which also produced English want.
3. The related but now defunct English adjective wane 'lacking' is represented in the first syllable of wanton.
4. 諧音“萎了、微了”----萎縮了、微小了、微弱了。

中文詞源

wane 衰落

來自Proto-Germanic*wano,缺乏，空無，詞源同want,waste。引申詞義衰弱。

英文詞源

wane: wane: [OE] Wane and Norwegian vana ‘spoil, waste’ are the only survivors of a family of Germanic verbs that goes back to a prehistoric *wanōjan. This was derived from the base *wan- ‘lacking’, which also produced English want. The related but now defunct English adjective wane ‘lacking’ is represented in the first syllable of wanton.
=> want, wanton
wane (v.): Old English wanian "make or become smaller gradually, diminish, decline, fade," from Proto-Germanic *wanen (cognates: Old Saxon wanon, Old Norse vana, Old Frisian wania, Middle Dutch waenen, Old High German wanon "to wane, to grow less"), from *wano- "lacking," from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). Related: Waned; waning; wanes.

雙語例句

1. The moon is on the wane.: 月亮漸虧.

2. When did the empire begin to wane?: 那個(gè)帝國何時(shí)開始衰落的?

3. Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.: 她對他的熱情在開始減退.

4. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane.: 當(dāng)然，他名義上是副首相，但是顯然他的影響力正在下降。