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.
中文解释
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. 谐音“萎了、微了”----萎缩了、微小了、微弱了。
实用例句
1. The moon is on the wane.
月亮渐亏.
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2. When did the empire begin to wane?
那个帝国何时开始衰落的?
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3. Her enthusiasm for him was beginning to wane.
她对他的热情在开始减退.
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4. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane.
当然，他名义上是副首相，但是显然他的影响力正在下降。
来自柯林斯例句
5. In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for £5,000.