| 1. | The moon waxes and wanes every month
月亮每个月都有盈亏。 |
| 2. | It waxes and wanes . nothing is perfect , not even in the olden days
人有悲欢离合，月由阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。 |
| 3. | The powers that changed status ( waxing and waning ) are the ones that cause us problems
那些曾经有盛有衰的国家为我们制造了很多麻烦。 |
| 4. | Wax and wane
月的盈亏圆缺 |
| 5. | The deep observations have also traced the waxing and waning of star formation in the universe at large over cosmic time
回溯宇宙年代的深度观测，同时也追踪了整个宇宙恒星形成率的变化。 |
| 6. | People living in the small alleyways of shanghai pay little attention to the waxing and waning , or the visibility , of the moon
例3 ：住在上海“弄堂房子”里的人对月亮的圆缺隐现是不甚关心的。 |
| 7. | Understand that long - turn friendship wax and wane long - term friendship are similar to marriage in that there will be both periods of excitement and dullness
友情也会有盛衰长期的友情同婚姻一样，既有兴奋期，也有觉得乏味的时候。 |
| 8. | The ancient chinese started their calendar year in winter . using the cycle of the moon , its waxing and waning , they devised the 12 months - moons - - of the year
中国的古人根据太阳在两个冬至日之间的运行情况划定出一年；根据月亮圆而后缺，再由缺复圆的时间划分出12个月。 |
| 9. | For countless ages the sun rose and set , the moon waxed and waned , the stars shone in the night , but it was only with the coming of man that these things were understood
太阳升升落落，月亮盈盈亏亏，夜空星光闪烁，无数岁月就这样过去了，只是到人类出现以后，这些才被理解。 |
| 10. | Q : i am suffering frequent red eyes and a lot of eye discharge in the morning for a long time . this problem waxes and wanes and i have not been seen by eye doctors , is this all right
问:我患了结膜炎，眼屎很多，眼睛常有红筋充血现象，不过这些徵状时好时坏，我也没有去接受治疗，不知这样可以吗？ |
