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waning n.(月亮)渐亏的；逐渐减弱或变小的动词wane的现在分词形式. (1) 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。(2) 她对这次出行的热劲迅速减低。(3) 月亮渐渐变圆直至满盈，然後再变亏缺。(4) 月亮每个月都有盈亏。 Waning can be used for anything that diminishes, like the brightness of the sunlight in the late afternoon, your interest in cartoons, or your influence over your teenage daughter's fashion choices. It comes from the Old English verb wǫnian, which means "to lessen."

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英 ['weɪnɪŋ] 美 ['weɪnɪŋ] (1) 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.(2) Her enthusiasm for the expedition was waning rapidly.(3) The moon wax till it become full, and then wane.(4) The moon waxes and wanes every month. If the moon was full, and now it's getting slimmer each night, it's a waning moon: it's getting gradually smaller.

英语单词	waning
英美音标	英 ['weɪnɪŋ] 美 ['weɪnɪŋ]
中文释义	n.(月亮)渐亏的；逐渐减弱或变小的动词wane的现在分词形式.
英语例句	(1) 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. (2) Her enthusiasm for the expedition was waning rapidly. (3) The moon wax till it become full, and then wane. (4) The moon waxes and wanes every month.
中文例句	(1) 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。 (2) 她对这次出行的热劲迅速减低。 (3) 月亮渐渐变圆直至满盈，然後再变亏缺。 (4) 月亮每个月都有盈亏。
vocabulary简明	If the moon was full, and now it's getting slimmer each night, it's a waning moon: it's getting gradually smaller.
vocabulary扩展	Waning can be used for anything that diminishes, like the brightness of the sunlight in the late afternoon, your interest in cartoons, or your influence over your teenage daughter's fashion choices. It comes from the Old English verb wǫnian, which means "to lessen."

Waning Moon Wane Full 英 Weɪnɪŋ] 美 Weɪnɪŋ N.(月亮)渐亏的；逐渐减弱或变小的