But in fact, controversy has really waxed and waned over time.

但其实，有关争议一直在演化。

If something waxed and waned, it grew stronger then weaker over time.

“wax and wane”，形容某事随着时间的推移，时而变强，时而变弱。

Finally, if you do find that your motivation waxes and wanes, simply automate your savings.

最后，如果你发现自己省钱的激情在减弱，想办法让储蓄变成一个自动化的流程。

The number of spots on its surface has waxed and waned in cycles that last, on average, 11 years.

太阳表面的黑子数在其一般延续11年的活动周期内增增减减。

Our months are based on the 29-and-a-half days it takes the moon to wax and wane in the night sky.

一个月有 29.5 天，这是月亮在夜空中呈现出阴晴圆缺的周期。

That said, America's appetite for immigration kind of waxes and wanes.

也就是说，美国对移民的兴趣有起有落。

For the next couple of centuries, the influence of England's church waxed and waned due to reform movements, invasions, and other events.

在接下来的几个世纪里，由于改革运动、侵略和其他事件，英格兰教会的影响时断时续。

These states will wax and wane.

压抑的状态会起起落落。

I had a therapist once who said that these states will wax and wane.

曾经有个心理医生说 我压抑的状态会起起落落。

The selenite waxed and waned with the moon, and the meloceus, that discovers thieves, could be affected only by the blood of kids.

亚硒酸盐随着月亮的变化而消长，而发现小偷的梅洛西斯只能受到孩子们的血液的影响。

He says controversy over the method has waxed and waned, an idiom connected with the cycle of the moon which describes something that increases then decreases over time.

他说，关于这种方法的争议不断演化。“wax and wane”是一个与月亮周期有关的俚语，描述的是随着时间的推移，某些东西会时而增加，时而减少。

For instance, the moon's waxing and waning have been used to symbolize the impermanence of life, and the full moon often signifies reunion and completeness.

例如，月亮的起伏被用来象征生命的无常，而满月通常象征着团圆和完整。

The number of SPAC IPOs has waxed and waned over  the years in tandem with the economic cycles, and they have been making a resurgence of late.

多年来，随着经济周期的变化， SPAC IPO 的数量起伏不定，最近又开始复苏。

Although the various different kingdoms waxed and waned in their power and influence over time, it was the war-like and pagan Saxons that gradually became the dominant group.

尽管随着时间的推移，各个不同的王国在权力和影响上有起有落，但好战的异教徒撒克逊人逐渐成为了主导群体。

A few countries, such as Australia and South Africa, took it up, though efforts waxed and waned with shifts in political leadership—it is seen as left-wing and anti-austerity.

一些国家例如澳大利亚和南非等已采纳这种方法，不过为之付出的努力因权力更迭而遭遇起伏——性别预算被视为一种左派和反紧缩的行为。

The sun's activity waxes and wanes on an 11-year cycle, and over this cycle the amount of ultraviolet (UV) light the sun emits changes a lot more than does the total amount of energy.

太阳的活动周期是11年，在此周期内太阳散发出的紫外线总量的变化比太阳能总量的变化要大的多。

Celebrities, the stars of the earthly realm, have played a not-so-different role: We look to them as models, or cautionary tales, and treat their waxing and waning relevance as a barometer of public opinion.

名人——地球上的明星——扮演的角色也差不多：我们将他们视为榜样或警示故事，并将他们的起起落落视为公众舆论的晴雨表。