declined

英 [dɪˈklaɪnd]

美 [dɪˈklaɪnd]

v.  减少; 下降; 衰弱; 衰退; 谢绝; 婉言拒绝; (根据名词、形容词或代词在句中的作用)变格，使发生词形变化
decline的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If somethingdeclines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  1. The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000...
     员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
  2. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter...
     第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1.3%。
  3. Union membership and union power are declining fast.
     工会的人数和力量都在迅速萎缩。
  4. ...a declining birth rate.
     呈下降态势的人口出生率
• VERB 婉拒;谢绝
  If youdeclinesomething ordecline todo something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
  1. He declined their invitation...
     他谢绝了他们的邀请。
  2. The band declined to comment on the story...
     乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
  3. He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
     他问那些小伙子要不要来点咖啡，他们婉辞了。
• N-VAR 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If there is adecline insomething, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
  1. There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all...
     注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
  2. ...Rome's decline in the fifth century...
     公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
  3. The first signs of economic decline became visible.
     经济衰退的最初迹象开始显现出来。
• PHRASE 逐渐势微;正在衰退
  If something isin declineoron the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
  1. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...
     令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
  2. He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is in decline.
     他仍是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球选手之一，但他的球技日不如前。
• PHRASE 走下坡路;开始衰退
  If somethinggoesorfalls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
  1. Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
     图书馆是对未来的一项投资，不应任其日趋萎缩。

双语例句

• The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000
  员工人数从21.7万减少到了11.4万。
• The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat
  总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。
• A spokesman declined to elaborate on a statement released late yesterday
  发言人拒绝对昨天晚些时候发表的声明详加说明。
• He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
  他问那些小伙子要不要来点咖啡，他们婉辞了。
• If you run your eye up and down these columns you will see that the value of some of them declined.
  你把这几列上下扫视一遍，就会发现其中有些贬值了。
• The band declined to comment on the story
  乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
• Blue chip issues were sharply higher, but the rest of the market actually declined slightly by the end of the day.
  蓝筹股一路飙升，但股市其他股票却在当天收盘时稍有走低。
• The prices declined.
  价钱萎下来了。
• He declined further comment on the grounds that the case was sub judice.
  他以该案件正在审理之中为由拒绝作进一步的评论。
• Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around
  这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。