Rome's decline in the fifth century5世纪罗马帝国的衰落

The first signs of economic decline became visible.经济衰退的最初征兆开始显现。

a decline in living standards生活水平的下降

The economy is in decline.经济正处于衰退状态。

a belief that educational standards were in decline认为教育水平不断下降的看法

The shipbuilding industry has fallen into decline.造船业已经日薄西山。

There wasn't such a big decline in enrolments after all.注册人数最后没有大量减少。

a steep decline锐减

a decline in consumer confidence消费信心的下降

the decline in tobacco consumption烟草消费的下降

Cheque use is on the decline among personal bank customers.银行个人客户对支票的使用越来越少。

Beer sales are in decline.啤酒销量在下降。

Presently she fell into a decline and died.不久, 她染上了痨病, 最终过世了。

Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline.令人欣慰的是, 吸烟的情况在减少。

He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is in decline.他仍然是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球手之一, 但他的比赛水准正在下降。

Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.图书馆是对未来的投资, 因此我们不能听任其陷入衰退。

I politely declined his invitation.我礼貌地谢绝了他的邀请。

Lorna had declined the offer of antidepressants.洛娜拒绝服用抗抑郁药物。

He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.他给男孩们拿了一些咖啡, 但他们礼貌地拒绝了。

The band declined to comment on the story.乐队婉言拒绝评论此事。

Her health declined rapidly after her stroke.中风之后, 她的健康状况迅速恶化。

The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.员工人数从21.7万人降到了11.4万人。

The population has declined dramatically.人口数急剧减少。

Rewards are declining.报酬正在减少。

Standards are declining.标准正在下降。

This vast plateau gently declines towards the ancient city of Balkh.这片广袤高原向巴尔赫古城方向地势逐渐下降。