1.Hoi An at the acme of itssplendour From the beginning of the 19th centuries,Hoi An was onthe wane, and then was replaced by Da Nang to its north.
至19世纪初，会安港逐渐衰落，后被其北部的岘港所取代。
2.As the moon waxes only to wane, the essential cause of the whole Obscure Verses ebb tide lies in the rational spirit loss in the modernist verses in china, which at last buried the enlightening spirit in the poems and also put an end to the Obscure Verses.
正如“月盈则亏”的规律一样，朦胧诗潮整体性落潮的根本原因在于中国现代主义诗歌中理性精神的丧失，这种丧失最终埋葬了诗歌中的启蒙主义精神，也终结了朦胧诗。
3.on[in] the wane
(月)正在亏缺中; 衰落[减少]中
4.To draw to a gradual close; wane.
接近结束；消逝
5.When the moon is at its full, it begins to wane.
月盈则亏。
6.After those thirty days the couple`s love was believed to wane, like the moon.
这30天过后，据说夫妻俩的爱情就像月亮一样开始由盈专亏了。
7.His fortune is on the wane.
他命运不济了。
8.The vitality of Latin was doomed to wane before the rivalry of the vernacular tongue .
拉丁语的持续性遇到本国语言的竞争而注定衰弱。
9.Dick Cheney, the hawkish vice-president, has seen his influence wane.
同属鹰派的副总统迪克·切尼，也看到了他影响力的日薄西山。
10.American job, with a40-hour workweek, medical benefits and a pension at age65, is on the wane
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。
