- v. 下降；減少；變弱；拒絕；傾斜
- n. 衰微；跌落；晚年
decline的英文翻譯是什么意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：
詳盡釋義
- 下降，減少
- 使傾斜，使低垂
- 拒絕，婉辭，謝絕
- （太陽等）落下
- 【語】使發生詞尾變化，使變格
- 衰退，衰落
- <古>下傾，下垂
- 接近結束
- 淪落，墮落
- 衰退，衰弱
- 下降
- 減少
- 落下
- 衰退（落）期，結束期，后期
- 傾斜，斜坡
- <古>消耗?。ㄈ绶尾。?/li>
雙解釋義
- [C]下降,減少,衰退 a period or process of declining; movement to a lower or worse position
- vt. & vi. 辭謝; 謝絕(邀請等) say “No” (to); refuse (sth offered)
- vi. (太陽)落下 (of the sun) go down
英英釋義
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change toward something smaller or lower
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a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
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a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
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a downward slope or bend
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grow worse;
"Conditions in the slum worsened"
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refuse to accept;
"He refused my offer of hospitality"
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show unwillingness towards;
"he declined to join the group on a hike"
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grow smaller;
"Interest in the project waned"
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go down;
"The roof declines here"
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go down in value;
"the stock market corrected"
"prices slumped"
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inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,
"in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
decline的用法和樣例：
例句
- 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。
- 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.
失業率急劇下跌。 - The decline of sales embarrassed the company.
銷路下降使公司陷于財政困難。
常見句型
- There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.
今年的利潤大幅度下降。
- We asked her to come to our party, but she declined.
我們請她來參加我們的晚會,但是她謝絕了。 - The sun is declining.
太陽在落山。 - The ground on each side declines gently.
地面的兩側略向下傾斜。 - Their position in international trade rapidly declined.
他們在國際貿易中的地位急速下降。 - His health has declined these months.
在過去的幾個月里,他的身體衰弱了。
- I declined his invitation.
我謝絕了他的邀請。
- The boy declined to answer a question.
那男孩拒絕回答問題。
- He declined going to the party with her.
他不肯跟她一起去參加晚會。
常用短語
- fall〔go〕 into a decline
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失去力量〔影響〕 lose strength, influence, etc.
- on the decline
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在消減,在衰退 becoming weaker, fewer, etc.
詞匯搭配
- decline a proposal〔invitation〕 謝絕建議〔邀請〕
- decline an appointment〔the challenge〕 不愿接受委任〔挑戰〕
- decline suggestion 謝絕建議
- decline westward 向西下沉
- decline courteously〔tactfully〕 有禮貌〔巧妙〕地謝絕
- decline drastically 急劇下降
- decline gradually 漸漸下落
- decline notably〔steadily〕 顯著〔略有〕下降
- decline toward 向…下沉
- decline with 婉言謝絕
經典引文
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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
decline的詳細講解：
詞語用法
- decline用作動詞的基本意思是有禮貌地拒絕邀請、給予或服務。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。
- decline作動詞指“有禮貌地謝絕”，比refuse語氣上要婉轉些；
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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，但還是習慣用refuse的名詞形式refusal。
詞義辨析
- decline, refuse, reject
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- 這三個詞的共同意思是“拒絕”。其區別是：
- 1.從語氣上來說, refuse是最普通的用詞,一般指直接地拒絕,語氣不那么委婉。decline語氣較委婉,相當于漢語的“謝絕”。例如:
- He declined my invitation because of a previous appointment.因另有約會在先,他謝絕了我的邀請。
- reject語氣強烈,用于正式場合,如外交和商業條款之類,表示當面明確地拒絕所給、所請、所提議之事,另外還有拋棄或剔除不適當的或不喜歡的東西的意味。例如:
- He rejected my friendly advice upon further consideration.他經過進一步的考慮,明確地拒絕了我友好的建議。
- 2.從搭配上來說,這三個詞都可接名詞(如an offer)作賓語,但invitation只能與refer, decline搭配; suggestion只能與reject, decline搭配; permission只能與refuse搭配; plan只能與reject搭配。另外refuse和decline都可接動詞不定式作賓語,而reject則不可以。例如:
- He refused〔declined〕 to join us in the game.他拒絕與我們一起游戲。
- refuse，decline，reject，repel，deny
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- 這些動詞均含“拒絕”之意。
- refuse語氣較重，指態度堅決，肯定無疑的拒絕。
- decline指婉言謝絕他人的幫助或邀請等。
- reject多指由于某物某事某行為不能讓人滿意而被當面直截了當地拒絕，與之相近的是spurn，鄙棄之意。
- repel作“拒絕”解時，語氣比reject強。
- deny指否認（觀點）。
詞源解說
- ☆ 14世紀初期進入英語，直接源自古法語的decliner，意為折彎，轉彎；最初源自拉丁語的declinare：de (從） + clinare (彎曲）。
