1.(月)缺损,亏;(光,势力等)衰落,衰微;减少
1.衰退(期)
2.(木材的)缺损
3.月亏(期)
1.if a feeling or power wanes, it becomes weaker or less important
2.if the moon is waning, you see less and less of it each night
1."But that wanes after a few days. " More worrying, only 13% say Mr Corzine can point to any major accomplishments in his first term.
更值得忧虑的是，只有13%的人能够说出考尼兹先生在他的第一个任期中所取得的任意一项主要成就。
2.As production wanes, these firms are increasingly trying to export their offshore know-how.
随着石油产量的减少，越来越多的此类公司尝试着出口他们的钻井技术。
3.Crude prices continued to decline, as optimism surrounding global demand wanes on a daily basis.
原油价格继续下跌，乐观者认为只是因为全球的日常需求减少。
4.So, even if external pressure wanes as a result of its latest baby steps, the rationale for a bigger move is building.
因此，即便中国新近采取的小规模举措导致外部压力有所缓解，中国采取更大规模行动的理由正在增强。
5.If army influence wanes, it could provoke a crisis of its own making as a pretext to wrestle back control.
如果军队势力减弱，那麽军队可能会借口国家出现危机而把权力夺回来。
6.'I have come to the river, ' she said, 'to float my lamp on the stream when the daylight wanes in the west. '
“我到河边来。”她说，“要在太阳西下的时候，把我的灯飘浮到水上去。”
7.But now my zeal for that wanes and I am always the last one to enter the canteen.
但是现在我想我对这些已经不那么热情了，现在我总是最后到食堂的。
8.We live in an age when peoples' attention wanes when they have to read more than a paragraph or two.
当我们被逼着读一段或两端书的时候，我们的注意力就会减退。
9.But it is not so with the growth of the soul. The work of grace in us either waxes or wanes , flows or ebbs.
灵魂的成长可不能如此，无论月亏月盈、涨潮退潮，恩典的工作在我们心中持续不断。
10.Sometimes we get filled up with enthusiasm, but then a few days later, that enthusiasm wanes and we submit to our old buddy laziness.
有时，我们满怀激情，但几天后，热情退去，我们又变得懒散了。