词汇 | decline |
释义 | decline /dɪ`klaɪn/ (过去式: declined; 过去完成式: declined; 现在进行式: declining) v.i. 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。 To refuse. 辞谢。 He was invited, but declined. 他曾被邀请,但已谢绝。 v.t. To refuse. 拒绝。 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。 n. 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)。 Declivity. 下倾;斜坡。 phrases 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。 derivatives adj. declinable. |
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