declined
v.
辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的过去式和过去分词 )；（道路、物体等）下倾；（太阳）落下；（在品格、价值上）降低
双语释义
n.(名词)[C]下降,减少,衰退 a period or process of declining; movement to a lower or worse position
v.(动词)vt. & vi. 辞谢; 谢绝(邀请等) say “No” (to); refuse (sth offered)
vi. (太阳)落下 (of the sun) go down
英英释义
decline
n.
change toward something smaller or lower
同义词：diminution
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
同义词：declination
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
同义词：decay
a downward slope or bend
同义词：descentdeclivityfalldeclinationdeclensiondownslope
v.
grow worse
同义词：worsen
refuse to accept
同义词：refuserejectpass upturn down
show unwillingness towards
"he declined to join the group on a hike"
同义词：refuse
grow smaller
同义词：go downwane
go down
"The roof declines here"
go down in value
同义词：slumpcorrect
inflect for number, gender, case, etc.,
"in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+名词
decline a proposal〔invitation〕谢绝建议〔邀请〕
decline an appointment〔the challenge〕不愿接受委任〔挑战〕
decline suggestion谢绝建议
～+副词
decline westward向西下沉
decline courteously〔tactfully〕有礼貌〔巧妙〕地谢绝
decline drastically急剧下降
decline gradually渐渐下落
decline notably〔steadily〕显著〔略有〕下降
～+介词
decline toward向…下沉
decline with婉言谢绝
词组短语
on the decline在走下坡路；在衰退中
decline and fall衰亡，衰败
in decline在衰退中
economic decline经济衰退
rate of decline递减速度
decline stage衰退期；下降阶段
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
I wish prices would decline.
但愿物价下降。
The price of 14 inches TV set declined from 400 to 320 yuan each.
14英寸的电视机每台从400元降到320元。
He spent his declining years in the country.
他在乡间度过晚年。
I must regretfully decline your kind invitation.
我很抱歉必须拒绝你的盛情邀请。
The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake.
墙壁因地震而倾斜。
用作名词(n.)
This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.
这种随着时间流逝的活力衰退就叫做衰老。
There is a sharp decline in unemployment.
失业率急剧下跌。
The decline of sales embarrassed the company.
销路下降使公司陷于财政困难。
权威例句
Why Has Productive Growth Declined? Productivity and Public InvestmentUniversal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children. Taiwan Childhood Hepatoma Stu...
Promotion of Prescription Drugs to Consumers and Providers, 2001–2010
Decline in rates of death and heart failure in acute coronary syndromes, 1999-2006.
Births: preliminary data for 2005.
Births: preliminary data for 2004
Synapse loss in frontal cortex biopsies in Alzheimer's disease: correlation with cognitive severity.
Births: preliminary data for 2004
Rare Disasters and Asset Markets in the Twentieth Century
Births: final data for 2013.
1. But the holders of these securities found that their value declined sharply.
而持有这些证券的人却发现它们的价值急剧下降。
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2. The president said that the gross national product had declined by a big margin.
总统说国民生产总值已大幅度下降。
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3. But the prosecutor declined on the grounds that the issue should be investigated in the US.
但检察官拒绝的理由是，这个案子应当在美国调查。
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4. Partly as a result of these pressures, household debt has declined in recent quarters for the first time since 1951.
部分由于这些压力，家庭债务在最近几个季度已经自1951年以来第一次出现了下降。
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5. This allows you to tell at a glance that the room has some owner restrictions on it, and so your request may not be automatically processed and accepted/declined.
有了这一功能，您立刻就可知道此房间有某些所有者限制，因此您的请求可能不会自动处理及接受/拒绝。
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6. In a significant trend, deaths from AIDS have declined during the past two years.
一个重要趋势是，在过去两年里，因艾滋病死亡人数在下降。
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7. Sales of cars, clothing, air tickets and property have all fallen; production of steel has declined too.
汽车、服装、机票和房地产的销售都在下降，钢铁生产量同样也在下降。
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8. Nationwide, gun ownership has gradually declined: In the 1960s, about half of American homes had at least one gun; today, guns are found only in about one-third of homes.
从全国范围来看，枪支的拥有率在逐步下降：在1960年，美国约有一半家庭至少有一把枪；今天，拥有枪支的家庭仅占三分之一。
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9. Has its standard of living declined since then?
与那时相比，它的生活标准下降了吗？
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10. So with all these inducements, how could home sales have possibly declined?
那么，在所有这些因素的刺激下，房屋销售怎么可能下降呢？
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11. Since then profits of most power-generation companies have declined due to the recession.
自那时以来，由于经济衰退的缘故，大多数电力公司的利润下降。
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12. He said: “From the perspective of demand, although export and consumption growth both declined, investment growth remained quite high”.
他说：“从需求角度来看，尽管中国出口和消费增长都下降了，投资增长依然很快。”
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13. Both investment and consumer spending declined in the quarter.
在这个季度，投资和消费性开支都有所下降。
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14. And the moment arose that we could have a moment together intimately, and I declined.
我们可以有一个一起亲密的时刻到来了，可我拒绝了。
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15. But he declined to say when it might be ready or what it might contain.
不过，他拒绝说出这个建议何时可以准备好，或者包含什么内容。
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16. He declined to comment further on the date of any decision.
他拒绝就这项决定的日期做进一步的评论。
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17. Yesterday they declined to comment on the split.
昨天，他们拒绝评论分裂的事情。
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18. He declined to say what level of premium would be acceptable.
但他拒绝表示何种水平的溢价才是可以接受的.
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19. He declined to say what level of premium would be acceptable.
但他拒绝表示何种水平的溢价才是可以接受的.
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20. Unemployment declined to 4 percent last month.
上个月失业率降至百分之四。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
21. She invited me to dinner, but I declined on account of urgent business.
她请我吃饭，但我因有急事谢绝了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
22. He declined to pursue guilty men.
他不愿追究犯了错误的人。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
23. I declined, or rather let lapse, both invitations.
我对两次邀请都谢绝了，或者让它自然地推诿过去了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
24. And why had the amount of credit disbursed declined?
那么，信贷支付额为何会下降？
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
25. He declined,fearing to cause her inconvenience.
恐怕给她带来不便,于是他谢绝了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
26. Tax cheats have declined.
偷税逃税事件已有所减少。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
27. Expanding dialog boxes were big around 1990 but have declined in popularity since then, largely due to the ubiquity of toolbars and tabbed dialogs.
扩展对话框大约在1990年左右非常流行，自那以后主要是因为工具栏和标签对话框的无所不在而走向衰落。
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28. He declined the invitation with stately grace.
他庄严而文雅地谢绝了邀请。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
29. Business declined to such an extent that the company had to close up.
生意如此清淡,公司只好停业。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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