英语词汇“on the wane”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	on the wane
释义	on the wane phrase If something is on the wane, it is becoming weaker or less. He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearlyon the wane. In 1982, with his career prospects on the wane, he sold a script for £5,000. Synonyms: declining, dropping, fading, weakening More Synonyms of on the wane See full dictionary entry for wane on the wane in British English in a state of decline See full dictionary entry for wane on the wane in American English waning, declining, decreasing, etc. See full dictionary entry for wane Examples of 'on the wane' in a sentence on the wane He had a stroke last year, family fortunes on the wane, son decides to auction off some of the silver. Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004) Now, since the strike had collapsed, his fame was on the wane. Barnard, Robert POLITICAL SUICIDE (2004) (phrase) in the sense of declining Definition decreasing in size, strength, or power My career prospects were clearly on the wane. Synonyms declining dropping fading outside in the rapidly fading light weakening dwindling withering lessening a lessening of tension on the border subsiding ebbing dying out on the way out on the decline tapering off obsolescent outmoded, obsolescent equipment on its last legs at its lowest ebb See wane Additional synonyms in the sense of fading outside in the rapidly fading light Synonyms declining, dying, disappearing, vanishing, decreasing, on the decline in the sense of lessening a lessening of tension on the border Synonyms reduction, decline, decrease, weakening, slowing down, dwindling, contraction, erosion, waning, ebbing, moderation, let-up (informal), petering out, slackening, shrinkage, diminution, abatement, curtailment, minimization, de-escalation in the sense of obsolescent Definition becoming obsolete or out of date outmoded, obsolescent equipment Synonyms outdated, passé, old-fashioned, declining, waning, out of date, dying out, unfashionable, antiquated, on the way out, outmoded, on the wane, on the decline, becoming obsolete, behind the times, out of style, past its prime, démodé, out of the ark (informal), not with it (informal) Nearby words of on the wane on the strength of something on the surface on the trot on the wane on the way or on your way on the whole on this or that score Synonyms of 'on the wane' on the wane Explore 'on the wane' in the dictionary
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