For judges of a secular bent, that may prove quite a wig-scratcher.

Yes, I know he's a head scratcher, Everybody hates him. But he insists, You know.

是的，我知道他很讨厌，谁都烦他，可他要来。

Keep the children away the water's edge.

让孩子离水边远一点.

Finally she found herself at the water's edge.

最后她不知不觉走到了水边.

Suddenly I found myself at the water's edge.

我忽然发现自己站在水边了.

They were sitting by the water's edge.

他们坐在河边.

Keep the child away from the water's edge.

让孩子离开水边远一点.

She was standing at the water's edge.

她站在水边.

The children played at the water's edge of a muddy creek.

孩子们在泥溪的水边玩耍.

Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.

树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。

When the interest in art began to wane, the two fell to talking.

当他们对画画渐渐不再感兴趣时, 就开始说起话来.

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.

The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane ( James Joyce )

潮水即将退去,白昼已在衰减 ( 詹姆斯乔伊丝 )

The government's popularity is on the wane.

政府的声望日益低落.

As time went on, ( so ) their hopes began to wane.

随着时间的消逝, 他们的希望开始变得渺茫.

Why can to let our immature love equally beon the wane in the tonight flowers?

可为什么偏偏要让我们稚嫩的爱在今晚像花朵一样凋零?

...a sky silvered by a waning moon.

被下弦月染成银色的天空

The moon was waning, and each day it rose later.

月亮渐亏，每天出现的时间也越来越晚。

He was nominally Deputy Prime Minister, certainly, but his influence was clearly on the wane...

当然，他名义上是副首相，但是显然他的影响力正在下降。

...her mother's waning strength.

她母亲日渐不济的体力

While his interest in these sports began to wane, a passion for rugby developed.

他对这些运动项目的兴趣开始减退，倒是对橄榄球开始有了热情。