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de·cline·d 英dɪ'klaɪn美dɪ'klaɪn COCA⁵⁵⁸⁶BNC⁷³³⁵Economist²⁶⁰⁵
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v.下降⁶⁸;减少¹⁸;变弱;拒绝¹¹;倾斜¹n.衰微¹;跌落¹;晚年原型decline的过去式和过去分词形容词declinable名词decliner过去分词declined现在分词declining三单declines
n.名词
C下降,减少,衰退a period or process of declining; movement to a lower or worse position
v.动词
vt. & vi. 辞谢; 谢绝邀请等say “No” to; refuse sth offered vi. 太阳落下of the sun go down
Noun:
change toward something smaller or lowera condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better statea gradual decrease; as of stored charge or currenta downward slope or bend
Verb:
grow worse;Conditions in the slum worsened refuse to accept;He refused my offer of hospitality show unwillingness towards;he declined to join the group on a hike grow smaller;Interest in the project waned go down;The roof declines here go down in value;the stock market corrected prices slumped inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives
v.动词
decline, refuse, reject这三个词的共同意思是“拒绝”。其区别是： 1.从语气上来说, refuse是最普通的用词,一般指直接地拒绝,语气不那么委婉。decline语气较委婉,相当于汉语的“谢绝”。例如: He declined my invitation because of a previous appointment.因另有约会在先,他谢绝了我的邀请。reject语气强烈,用于正式场合,如外交和商业条款之类,表示当面明确地拒绝所给、所请、所提议之事,另外还有抛弃或剔除不适当的或不喜欢的东西的意味。例如: He rejected my friendly advice upon further consideration.他经过进一步的考虑,明确地拒绝了我友好的建议。2.从搭配上来说,这三个词都可接名词如an offer作宾语,但invitation只能与refer, decline搭配; suggestion只能与reject, decline搭配; permission只能与refuse搭配; plan只能与reject搭配。另外refuse和decline都可接动词不定式作宾语,而reject则不可以。例如: He refused〔declined〕 to join us in the game.他拒绝与我们一起游戏。refuse，decline，reject，repel，deny这些动词均含“拒绝”之意。 refuse语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。 decline指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。 reject多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝，与之相近的是spurn，鄙弃之意。 repel作“拒绝”解时，语气比reject强。 deny指否认观点。 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的decliner，意为折弯，转弯；最初源自拉丁语的declinare：de 从） +clinare (弯曲）。
用作动词 (v.
～+名词decline a proposal〔invitation〕谢绝建议〔邀请〕decline an appointment〔the challenge〕不愿接受委任〔挑战〕decline suggestion谢绝建议～+副词decline westward向西下沉decline courteously〔tactfully〕有礼貌〔巧妙〕地谢绝decline drastically急剧下降decline gradually渐渐下落decline notably〔steadily〕显著〔略有〕下降～+介词decline toward向…下沉decline with婉言谢绝
用作名词n.fall〔go〕 into a decline失去力量〔影响〕 lose strength, influence, etc. on the decline在消减,在衰退 becoming weaker, fewer, etc. 近义词 refuserejectn.dropv. drop反义词 agreeaccept
用作名词n.There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.今年的利润大幅度下降。用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AWe asked her to come to our party, but she declined.我们请她来参加我们的晚会,但是她谢绝了。
The sun is declining.太阳在落山。
The ground on each side declines gently.地面的两侧略向下倾斜。
Their position in international trade rapidly declined.他们在国际贸易中的地位急速下降。
His health has declined these months.在过去的几个月里,他的身体衰弱了。
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.I declined his invitation.我谢绝了他的邀请。S+～+to- vThe boy declined to answer a question.那男孩拒绝回答问题。S+～+ v -ingHe declined going to the party with her.他不肯跟她一起去参加晚会。
v.动词
decline用作动词的基本意思是有礼貌地拒绝邀请、给予或服务。引申可表示“衰落,降低”“倾斜,下降”“下沉”。作“辞谢,谢绝”解时多用作及物动词,其后可接名词、动名词或动词不定式作宾语。作“衰落”解时只用作不及物动词。 decline作动词指“有礼貌地谢绝”，比refuse语气上要婉转些； decline后可跟不定式或动名词，但跟不定式比较普遍。She declined to answer my questions. decline的名词形式有declination，declinature和declinal，但都不常见。美语中declination比较常见，但还是习惯用refuse的名词形式refusal。
动词51%,名词49%
用作动词I wish prices woulddecline.但愿物价下降。
The price of 14 inches TV setdeclinedfrom 400 to 320 yuan each.14英寸的电视机每台从400元降到320元。
He spent hisdecliningyears in the country.他在乡间度过晚年。
I must regretfullydeclineyour kind invitation.我很抱歉必须拒绝你的盛情邀请。
The walldeclinedslightly on account of the earthquake.墙壁因地震而倾斜。用作名词Thisdeclinein vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.这种随着时间流逝的活力衰退就叫做衰老。
There is a sharpdeclinein unemployment.失业率急剧下跌。
Thedeclineof sales embarrassed the company.销路下降使公司陷于财政困难。as in.less
同义词 fewerlesser,limited,lower,minor,minus,negative,secondary,subordinatebeneath,deficient,depressed,diminished,excepting,lacking,not as great,reduced,shortened,shorter,slighter,subtracting,unsubstantial,without
反义词 greater,higher,important,major,superiorbigger,moreas in.neglected
同义词 decayed,deserted,ignored,overlooked,spurned,undervalued,unused,unwantedabandoned,affronted,deferred,depreciated,despised,deteriorated,disdained,dismissed,disregarded,evaded,forgotten,lapsed,omitted,postponed,scorned,shunned,underestimatedcast aside,passed over,tossed aside,unconsidered,unheeded,unwatched
反义词 cared for,considered,heeded,usedwell cared for well tendedas in.vetoed
同义词 disapproved,refused
lessadjective smaller, inferior
beneath,deficient,depressed,diminished,excepting,fewer,lacking,lesser,limited,lower,minor,minus,negative,not as great,reduced,secondary,shortened,shorter,slighter,subordinate,subtracting,unsubstantial,without
neglectedadjective slighted
abandoned,affronted,cast aside,decayed,declined,deferred,depreciated,deserted,despised,deteriorated,disdained,dismissed,disregarded,evaded,forgotten,ignored,lapsed,omitted,overlooked,passed over,postponed,scorned,shunned,spurned,tossed aside,unconsidered,underestimated,undervalued,unheeded,unused,unwanted,unwatched
vetoedadjective rejected
declined,disapproved,refused And the moment arose that we could have a moment together intimately, and I declined.
我们可以有一个一起亲密的时刻到来了，可我拒绝了。 yeeyan
And why had it declined?
它为什么会衰退？ ecocn
Has its standard of living declined since then?
与那时相比，它的生活标准下降了吗？ ebigear
In a significant trend, deaths from AIDS have declined during the past two years.
一个重要趋势是，在过去两年里，因艾滋病死亡人数在下降。 who
The president said that the gross national product had declined by a big margin.
总统说国民生产总值已大幅度下降。《21世纪大英汉词典》
A server came to our table with a cluster of small white bowls, which a few of my colleagues politely declined.
一位端着很多小白碗的侍者来到我们的桌前，我的很多同事都礼貌地拒绝了这道菜。 yeeyan
Both investment and consumer spending declined in the quarter.
在这个季度，投资和消费性开支都有所下降。 yeeyan
But in the second half of last year, such hedging declined for the first time since2001, according to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, an industry group.
但是依据产业组织国际互换和衍生品协会的数据，从去年下半年开始，此类套期保值从2001年以来第一次开始下降。 ecocn
But he declined to say when it might be ready or what it might contain.
不过，他拒绝说出这个建议何时可以准备好，或者包含什么内容。 iciba
But the prosecutor declined on the grounds that the issue should be investigated in the US.
但检察官拒绝的理由是，这个案子应当在美国调查。 yeeyan
He said: “ From the perspective of demand, although export and consumption growth both declined, investment growth remained quite high”.
他说：“从需求角度来看，尽管中国出口和消费增长都下降了，投资增长依然很快。” yeeyan
He declined, when asked directly, to say they lied.
当被直接问到时，他拒绝是他们在说谎。 ecocn
However, he declined to reveal everything about his diet.
然而他拒绝透露任何有关他的饮食. yeeyan
Kidnappings and murder have declined.
绑架和谋杀也下降了。 ecocn
Not surprisingly, groups of birds that nest in the canopy of trees declined significantly, while species that nest in cavities or near the ground were affected far less.
这并不奇怪，在树冠筑巢的鸟类种群的成员数量大幅下降，而在树洞或接近地面处筑巢的鸟类受的影响则小得多。 yeeyan
Over the past decade, households’ share of national income has declined by 10%.
在过去十年中，家庭收入占国民收入的比例下降了10%。 yeeyan
Partly as a result of these pressures, household debt has declined in recent quarters for the first time since1951.
部分由于这些压力，家庭债务在最近几个季度已经自1951年以来第一次出现了下降。 yeeyan
Sales of cars, clothing, air tickets and property have all fallen; production of steel has declined too.
汽车、服装、机票和房地产的销售都在下降，钢铁生产量同样也在下降。 ecocn
So with all these inducements, how could home sales have possibly declined?
那么，在所有这些因素的刺激下，房屋销售怎么可能下降呢？ iciba |