
v.下降;減少;變?nèi)酰痪芙^;傾斜
n.衰微;跌落;晚年
I wish prices would decline. 但愿物價下降。
The price of 14 inches TV set declined from 400 to 320 yuan each. 14英寸的電視機每臺從400元降到320元。
He spent his declining years in the country. 他在鄉(xiāng)間度過晚年。
I must regretfully decline your kind invitation. 我很抱歉必須拒絕你的盛情邀請。
The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake. 墻壁因地震而傾斜。
用作名詞 (n.)This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing. 這種隨著時間流逝的活力衰退就叫做衰老。
There is a sharp decline in unemployment. 失業(yè)率急劇下跌。
decline作動詞指“有禮貌地謝絕”,比refuse語氣上要婉轉(zhuǎn)些;
decline后可跟不定式或動名詞,但跟不定式比較普遍。 She declined to answer my questions.
decline的名詞形式有declination,declinature和declinal,但都不常見。美語中declination比較常見,但還是習(xí)慣用refuse的名詞形式refusal。
v.(動詞)decline用作動詞的基本意思是有禮貌地拒絕邀請、給予或服務(wù)。引申可表示“衰落,降低”“傾斜,下降”“下沉”。作“辭謝,謝絕”解時多用作及物動詞,其后可接名詞、動名詞或動詞不定式作賓語。作“衰落”解時只用作不及物動詞。