decline的经典引文

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.

• 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）。