decline的读音是什么

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. [C]下降,减少,衰退 a period or process of declining; movement to a lower or worse position

1. vt. & vi. 辞谢; 谢绝(邀请等) say “No” (to); refuse (sth offered)
2. vi. (太阳)落下 (of the sun) go down

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。

1. There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.
   今年的利润大幅度下降。

1. We 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。
2. The sun is declining.
   太阳在落山。
3. The ground on each side declines gently.
   地面的两侧略向下倾斜。
4. Their position in international trade rapidly declined.
   他们在国际贸易中的地位急速下降。
5. His health has declined these months.
   在过去的几个月里,他的身体衰弱了。

1. I declined his invitation.
   我谢绝了他的邀请。

1. The boy declined to answer a question.
   那男孩拒绝回答问题。

1. He declined going to the party with her.
   他不肯跟她一起去参加晚会。

• It is only in the..year of Rembrandt's death that we detect some decline in the artist's expressive power.

  出自：J. Rosenberg

• The Turf, which had fallen into a decline in recent years had revived wonderfully.

  出自：J. G. Farrell

• Yet doe I not decline from thy testimonies.

  出自：Bible (AV): Psalms

• ☆ 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）。