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de·cline·s 英dɪ'klaɪn美dɪ'klaɪn COCA¹⁰⁵⁵³BNC¹⁵⁸⁵⁴Economist⁵⁸⁴³
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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的三单形容词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。 But how sustainable that is depends on whether the sectoral declines worsen and spread.
但是它的持久性依赖于这些行业的衰退是否会加剧和扩散。 ecocn
He argues that Oklahoma’s unemployment rate does not capture many people he knows, who are still employed but are facing dramatic declines in their income or financial security.
他认为俄州的失业率并未包括许多他认识的个人，他们虽然仍就处于就业状态，但是面临收入或财务安全的明显下降。 ecocn
He expects a second round of price declines: a further20% fall would bring prices back to their long-run average against earnings.
他预言会出现第二轮的价格下跌：20％的进一步下跌将使价格对收入的比率回归至长期平均水平。 ecocn
Hearing sensitivity declines with age.
听觉因年老而衰退。《新英汉大辞典》
His net worth declines.
他的净值下降。 yeeyan
I noticed that in advances as well as declines, stock prices were apt to show certain habits, so to speak.
我注意到，股票价格在上升或者下降的过程中，常常会表现出某些我所谓的特定习惯。 yeeyan
One reason performance declines on sultry, humid days is that working muscles have to compete with the skin for blood.
在酷热潮湿的气候下发挥下降的一个原因是产生作用的肌肉要与皮肤“争抢”血液。 yeeyan
Our population continues to grow, even as the shark population declines, so there are more chances of us encountering marine predators.
我们的人口一直在增长，而鲨鱼的数量却一直在下降，我们碰到这些食肉动物的可能性就更高了。 yeeyan
Overall satisfaction levels in the study remained about flat compared with2008 levels, following two years of satisfaction declines.
今年这次研究的整体满意水平与2008年基本持平，前两年客户满意度都在持续下降。 yeeyan
Sprinkling creates water particles in the air that reduce outgoing radiation, but plant temperature declines immediately on cessation of the operation.
喷洒在空气中产生小水滴，它们使射出辐射减小，但是喷洒一停止，植物本身温度立刻下降。 putclub
Steep declines in home values and individual stock portfolios have erased trillions of dollars in household wealth.
国内价值和个人股票资产组合的急速下降抹去了几万亿的家庭财富。 yeeyan
Still, we do not expect to see the 15% to 20% declines in tech purchases that happened in the2001 to2002 tech downturn.
不过，我们我们并不认为会看到发生在2001年至2002年科技衰退期的技术采购下降率达到15%-20%的情况出现。 yeeyan
The latest data show declines in both builder confidence and new housing starts.
最新数据表明，建筑商信心指数和新房开工量都在下降。 ecocn
This is mainly because they seem to be associated with bigger declines in interest rates.
这主要是因为开支削减似乎是和更大的利率下降联系在一起。 ecocn
When efficiency declines, incomes of poor as well as better off households tend to fall.
如果经济效率下降，贫困家庭和小康家庭的收入都会下降。 yeeyan
While this could work in the very short term, the reality is that there is no way to stop home price declines at this point.
尽管这会在短期内起到作用，事实是在现在价格点位上，没有方法来阻止房屋价格下降的走势。 yeeyan
Zandi expects more price declines and foreclosures in the first half of the year.
赞迪希望在今年上半年有更多的价格下降和取消抵押品赎回权。 yeeyan |