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一句一词语 （10） wax and wane 嘉中 Economists interest in land has waxed and waned over time. 经济学家对土地的兴趣随时间此消彼长。 
句中的 wax and wane 是英语中的一个习语，表示交替增加与减（undergo alternate increases and decreases）。Cambridge 词典给出的注释是：to grow stronger and then weaker again。 例句： The moon waxes and wanes on a twenty-nine day cycle, from full moon to new moon. 月亮的盈亏以29天为一个周期，从满月到新月。 Feelings of love may wax and wane during a relationship, but trust is constant. 一段情谊中的爱情可能会有盈亏圆缺，而信任是永恒的。 His love for her waxed and waned through the year that they knew each other. 在他们相识的那一年里，他对她的爱一直时增时减。 The popularity of knitting as a hobby has waxed and waned over the years. 多年来，编织作为一种业余爱好的流行时起时伏。 His enthusiasm for the job waxes and wanes. My fortune has waxed and waned over the years, but I live simply anyway, and it has never affected me much. 这些年来，我的财产时增时减，但我过着简朴的生活，从来没有受到什么影响。 Throughout history empires have waxed and waned. 纵观历史，各个帝国有盛有衰。 Public interest in the issue has waxed and waned over the years. 多年来，公众对这个问题的兴趣忽高忽低。 Visions of a new bridge and new airport wax and wane. 修建新桥和新机场的设想时隐时现。 The popularity of the film stars waxed and waned. 电影明星们的名望盛衰无常。 His commitment to democracy and free markets has waxed and waned with his political fortunes. 他对民主和自由市场的承诺随着他的政治命运起伏不定。 Although the Alsops' fortunes waxed and waned through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, certain family characteristics remained distinct. 尽管阿尔索普家族的财富在十八、十九世纪兴衰起伏，但某些家族特征仍然明显。 |
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