decline的读音

1. 下降，减少
2. 使倾斜，使低垂
3. 拒绝，婉辞，谢绝
4. （太阳等）落下
5. 【语】使发生词尾变化，使变格
6. 衰退，衰落
7. 下倾，下垂
8. 接近结束
9. 沦落，堕落

1. 衰退，衰弱
2. 下降
3. 减少
4. 落下
5. 衰退（落）期，结束期，后期
6. 倾斜，斜坡
7. 消耗病（如肺病）

1. change toward something smaller or lower
2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
3. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
4. a downward slope or bend

1. grow worse;

   "Conditions in the slum worsened"
   

2. refuse to accept;

   "He refused my offer of hospitality"
   

3. show unwillingness towards;

   "he declined to join the group on a hike"
   

4. grow smaller;

   "Interest in the project waned"
   

5. go down;

   "The roof declines here"
   

6. go down in value;

   "the stock market corrected"
   "prices slumped"
   

7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,

   "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
   

1.下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If somethingdeclines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.

e.g. The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000...
员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
e.g. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter...
第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1.3%。

2.婉拒;谢绝
If youdecline something ordecline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.

e.g. He declined their invitation...
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
e.g. The band declined to comment on the story...
乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。

3.下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If there is adecline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.

decline的反义词

e.g. There wasn't such a bigdecline in enrollments after all...
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
e.g. ...Rome'sdecline in the fifth century...
公元5世纪时罗马的衰落

4.逐渐势微;正在衰退
If something isin decline oron the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.

e.g. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on thedecline...
令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
e.g. He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is indecline.
他仍是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球选手之一，但他的球技日不如前。

5.走下坡路;开始衰退
If somethinggoes orfalls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.

decline的近义词

e.g. Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall intodecline.
图书馆是对未来的一项投资，不应任其日趋萎缩。

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.

• 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

• 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

• decline toward向…下沉
• decline with婉言谢绝

1. 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。

1. decline作动词指“有礼貌地谢绝”，比refuse语气上要婉转些；
2. 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.

3. 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。