词形变化: declinable decliner declined declined declining declines
- 正在加载“decline”的释义
例句用法 短语词组 近反义词 海词讲解 英英解释
1.
She is on the decline, and may die soon.
她的健康每况愈下,可能不久于人世。
2.
The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake.
墙壁因地震而倾斜。
3.
He spent his declining years in the country.
他在乡间度过晚年。
4.
I wish prices would decline.
但愿物价下降。
- decline stage 衰退阶段 on the decline 在衰退中,在下坡路上...
- autumn decline 秋衰,秋落 pressure decline 压力递减
- decline phase 衰退期 phreatic decline 地下水位下降;地下水位降...
- in decline 在下降; 在衰退... decline curve 衰退曲线;递减曲线...
- economic decline 经济衰退 technical decline 由市场供求等内部因素引起...
- citrus decline 柑桔衰退病 population decline 人口减少
- sharp decline 急剧下降 heavy decline 暴跌
- net decline 净下降 go into a decline v.开始衰退,每况愈下...
- go sink into a decline 开始衰落,衰退... fall into a decline vi. 衰退(衰弱,生肺...
- decline with thanks vi. 婉言谢绝... the decline of life 晚年,暮年
【近义词】
- refuse v.拒绝;n.垃圾,废物... reject vt.拒绝,排斥;n.不...
- weaken v. 使 ... 弱,变... fail vi.失败,没做成某事;...
- fall v.落下,倒下;n.秋天... deteriorate v.恶化,变质
- sink v.下沉,沉没;n.水槽... descent n.下降,下坡
- hill n.小山,丘陵;vt.堆... slant n.倾斜,斜面;vt.使...
- slope n.倾斜,斜坡;vt.使... turn down v.调低,关小
- pass up 放弃,拒绝 down adv.向下;prep....
- degenerate v.退化,堕落;adj.... wane n.衰落,亏缺;v.变小...
- diminution n.减少,缩小 deterioration n.恶化,退化
- falling-off n. 下降,减退... falloff n. 下降,衰减...
- degeneration n.堕落,恶化;动词de... regression n.复原,退步
- decrease v.减少,减小;n.减少... fade v.逐渐消失,褪色;n....
- rust n.铁锈,锈菌;vi.生... reduction n.减少,降低
- subside vi.沉没,平息... abstain v.戒绝,弃权
- lapse n.过失,流逝;vi.流... lessen v.减少,减轻
- loosen vt.松开,放松;vi.... relaxation n.消遣,松弛
- depression n.沮丧,萧条 downfall n.垮台,暴雨
- languish v.衰弱无力,失去活力... descend v.下降,降临;v.传下...
- run v.跑,行驶;n.路程,... ebb n. 退潮,衰落;vi....
- run down 撞倒,贬低 afternoon n.下午
- droop v.低垂,下垂;n.下垂... dwindle v. 减少,缩小...
- wrinkle n.皱纹,方法;vt.使... lower adj.低的,下级的;v...
- repudiate v.拒绝,拒付 spurn v.轻蔑地拒绝,摒弃;n...
- declination n.倾斜,衰微 worsen v. (使)更坏,(使)...
- decay v.(使)衰退,(使)腐... go down 下降,沉没
- downslope n. 下坡;adj. 下... slump v.大幅度下跌,猛然瘫坐...
- correct adj.正确的,得体的;... declension n. 语尾变化,格变化...
- declivity n. 倾斜面,斜坡... deny vt.否认,拒绝承认...
- repel vt.排斥,抵制;vi....
【反义词】
- improvement n.改进,改善 accept vt.接受,同意;vi....
【词源解说】
14世纪早期进入英语,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)。
【词义辨析】
【词语用法】
- decline作动词指“有礼貌地谢绝”,比refuse语气上要婉转些;
- decline后可跟不定式或动名词,但跟不定式比较普遍。
- She declined to answer my questions.
- decline的名词形式有declination,declinature和declinal,但都不常见。美语中declination比较常见,但还是习惯用refuse的名词形式refusal。
- 错句举例与错句分析
错句:I must decline to accept your invitation.
纠正:I must decline your invitation.
翻译:我必须谢绝你的邀请。
分析:decline本身就是“拒绝接受”的意思,accept在句中多余。
名词 decline:
2.
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
同义词:declination
动词 decline:
5.
go down
7.
inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"


