decline
US
UK decline [sth] vtr: (refuse: an invitation, etc.)
SC 谢绝，婉拒，婉言拒绝 xiè jué，wǎn jù
The Smiths have declined our dinner invitation.
史密斯一家婉言拒绝了我们的晚餐邀请。
decline vi: (refuse)
SC 拒绝 jù jué
TC 拒絕
TC 拒絕
I asked my teenage son to clean up his room, but he declined.
我叫我家正值青春期的儿子整理房间，不过他拒绝了。
decline to do [sth] v expr: (refuse to do)
SC 拒绝做某事
I don't know why John has still got a job when he declines to do any work!
我不能理解为什么约翰拒绝做任何事，他都还能有工作！
decline vi: (decrease)
SC 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
SC 下降 jiǎn shǎo ，xià jiàng
TC 下降
TC 下降
SC 衰落 jiǎn shǎo ，shuāi luò
TC 衰落
TC 衰落
Sales of desktop computers have been declining over the last few years as most people prefer laptops.
由于多数人倾向于手提电脑，过去的几十年里台式机的销售量一直在下降。
decline vi: (diminish)
SC 下降 xià jiàng
TC 下降
TC 下降
SC 减少 xià jiàng ，jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
The president's popularity has been declining for months.
这位总统的受欢迎度逐月下降。
decline n: (decrease)
SC 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TC 減少
TC 減少
SC 下降 jiǎn shǎo ，xià jiàng
TC 下降
TC 下降
SC 衰落 jiǎn shǎo ，shuāi luò
TC 衰落
TC 衰落
The company wondered how it could reverse the decline in sales.
这家公司想知道如何才能扭转销售额下降的颓势。
decline n: (weakening, deterioration)
SC 衰弱 shuāi ruò
TC 衰弱
TC 衰弱
SC 衰老 shuāi ruò，shuāi lǎo
TC 衰老
TC 衰老
I supposed my grandmother's decline is inevitable; she is 95!
我认为祖母的衰老是不可避免的，毕竟她都95岁高龄了！
decline n: (slope)
SC 斜坡 xié pō
TC 斜坡
TC 斜坡
SC 坡地 xié pō，pō dì
The car rolled down the steep decline.
车从陡坡上滑下去。
decline vi: (go downwards)
SC 向下倾斜
TC 向下傾斜
TC 向下傾斜
SC 下垂 xià chuí
TC 下垂
TC 下垂
The hill declines sharply at this point.
从这里开始山势陡然下降。
decline vi: figurative (health: worsen)
SC 恶化 è huà
TC 惡化
TC 惡化
SC 变得更坏
His health has declined in recent years, and he can barely walk.
近年来他的健康状况恶化，基本走不动了。
decline [sth] vtr: (inflect: a part of speech) (语法)
SC 对...进行变格
SC 变化...的词形
The Latin teacher asked his students to decline the noun.
拉丁语老师让学生对这个名词进行变格。
decline an invitation v expr: (turn down a request to attend [sth])
SC 谢绝邀请
Would it be rude of us to decline their invitation?
go into a decline v expr: figurative (deteriorate)
SC 开始衰落 kāi shǐ shuāi luò
TC 開始衰落
TC 開始衰落
SC 开始衰退 kāi shǐ shuāi luò，kāi shǐ shuāi tuì
The economy is forecast to go into a decline.
in decline adj: figurative (deteriorating)
SC 衰退的 shuāi tuì de
SC 衰败的 shuāi tuì de ，shuāi bài de
Dad's health has been in decline since his heart attack.