| 词汇 | decline |
| 释义 | declineUK:*/dɪˈklaɪn/US:/dɪˈklaɪn/ ,(di klīn′)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:US Southern:Jamaican: 主要翻译 decline [sth] vtr (refuse: an invitation, etc.)谢绝，婉拒，婉言拒绝The Smiths have declined our dinner invitation.史密斯一家婉言拒绝了我们的晚餐邀请。 decline vi (refuse)拒绝I asked my teenage son to clean up his room, but he declined.我叫我家正值青春期的儿子整理房间，不过他拒绝了。 decline to do [sth] v expr (refuse to do)拒绝做某事I don't know why John has still got a job when he declines to do any work!我不能理解为什么约翰拒绝做任何事，他都还能有工作！ decline vi (decrease)减少；下降；衰落Sales of desktop computers have been declining over the last few years as most people prefer laptops.由于多数人倾向于手提电脑，过去的几十年里台式机的销售量一直在下降。 decline vi (diminish)下降；减少The president's popularity has been declining for months.这位总统的受欢迎度逐月下降。 decline n (decrease)减少；下降；衰落The company wondered how it could reverse the decline in sales.这家公司想知道如何才能扭转销售额下降的颓势。 decline n (weakening, deterioration)衰弱；衰老I supposed my grandmother's decline is inevitable; she is 95!我认为祖母的衰老是不可避免的，毕竟她都95岁高龄了！ 其他翻译 decline n (slope)斜坡；坡地The car rolled down the steep decline.车从陡坡上滑下去。 decline vi (go downwards)向下倾斜；下垂The hill declines sharply at this point.从这里开始山势陡然下降。 decline vi figurative (health: worsen)恶化；变得更坏His health has declined in recent years, and he can barely walk.近年来他的健康状况恶化，基本走不动了。 decline [sth] vtr (inflect: a part of speech) (语法)对...进行变格；变化...的词形The Latin teacher asked his students to decline the noun.拉丁语老师让学生对这个名词进行变格。 复合形式： decline an invitation v expr (turn down a request to attend [sth])谢绝邀请Would it be rude of us to decline their invitation? go into a decline v expr figurative (deteriorate)开始衰落；开始衰退The economy is forecast to go into a decline. in decline adj figurative (deteriorating)衰退的；衰败的Dad's health has been in decline since his heart attack. |
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