Waning

(noun.) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; 'the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious'; 'the waxing and waning of the moon'.

(adj.) (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; 'after full moon comes the waning moon' .

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• Lastly, the aim of following nature means to note the origin, the waxing, and waning, of preferences and interests. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It was dim--a pale, waning autumn day. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The waning moon, which had just risen, shewed me a cottage, whose neat entrance and trim garden reminded me of my own England. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• May I suggest, Schoolmaster,' said Eugene, removing his fast-waning cigar from his lips to glance at it, 'that you can now take your pupil away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Oh, waning moon! 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Yet the scene in the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and to recall his waning interest. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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