To bend or lean downward; droop. 弯下；低垂；下垂。 The sun declined toward the west. 日已西斜。 To draw to a close; become weak. 接近终了；萎缩；变弱。 His health is declining. 他的健康日渐衰弱。 To turn aside; deviate from or as if from a straight course. 偏转；入歧路。 He was invited, but declined. 他曾被邀请，但已谢绝。 He declined the invitation with thanks. 他婉谢邀请。 To bend downward; depress. 向下弯；压下。 To inflect with declensional endings, as a noun, adjective, or pronoun. 【文法】使(名词、形容词或代名词的)字尾变化。 A lessening; decay. (常用单数)衰微；衰落。 a decline in prices 物价的下跌。 A growing worse. (常用单数)变劣；恶化。 The closing part of something. 事情的末尾。 Wasting disease, esp. consumption. 损耗体力的病(尤指肺痨)。 fall into a decline 体力衰弱(尤指因患痨病而衰弱)。 on the decline 走下坡；在衰退中；倾斜。 |