decline

英[dɪˈklaɪn]美[dɪˈklaɪn]

v.减少，衰落，下降，衰退，婉拒，（单词）变格；

n.下降，减少，衰落；

第三人称单数：declines;

过去式：declined;

过去分词：declined;

现在分词：declining;

例句

Poor economic policies led to a long period of stagnation and decline.糟糕的经济*策道致了长时间的经济萧条和下滑。

The decline of community life is negating the work of welfare services.社区生活的下降否定了福利机构的工作。

a clearly perceptible decline in public confidence可清楚感觉到的公众信心的下降

After a long decline, prices are firming again.在长期跌落之后，物价又开始回升。

I must decline to show favour to any of the candidates.我必须拒绝偏袒任何一位候选人。

There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.今年的利润大幅度下降。

Oil - exporting countries, as they come to grips with the decline in oil prices, face this issue.石油出口国目前在极力应付油价的下跌, 它们也面临着这个问题.

Pathology To decline in health or vigor waste away.在健康或精力方面衰退;变得衰弱.

There has been a decline in enrollment in liberal arts courses in favor of highly specialized training for high-paying careers, mostly in business.文科课程的报名人数有所下降，而以商业为主、针对高薪职业的高度专业化培训课程则越来越受欢迎。

The overall economic decline furthered this company's bankruptcy.整体经济形式的下滑加速了这家公司的破产.

英语六级真题

Natural gas and coal—also fossil fuels—have similarly seen price declines that look to be long-lived.

About 80% of our company's year-over-year declines in comparable sales can be attributed to shortfalls ( ' , 短缺) in cold-weather goods, said chief executive Terry Lundgren in a press release.

Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.

From other sources, we also know teenage crime, drug abuse and premarital sex are in general decline.

Patrick Belser, an International Labour Organization specialist says declining wage rates are linked to the levels of unemployment.

Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words, names, and faces that is most common as we age.

A new study has failed to find any conclusive evidence that lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive decline in older adults.

The market demand for electronic devices is now either declining or not growing as fast as before.

Premature death rates resulting from smoking have declined.

It has tens the decline of the written word.

Down that path lies economic decline.

Fully developed, mature, post-industrial societies, such as those in Europe, characterised by stable or declining populations which are increasing in age.

Late-stage developing nations that are currently industrialising rapidly, for example China, which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled with increasing affluence (富裕）and age profile

The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generated a sturdy 28% of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the workforce.

That's one explanation for the decline in traditional craftsmanship

Manufacturing's shrinking presence undoubtedly helps explain the decline in craftsmanship, if only because many of the nation's assembly line workers were skilled in craft work, if not on the job then in their spare time.

Though the decline started in the 1970s, it became much steeper beginning in

What does the author say is a factor contributing to the decline in traditional craftsmanship?

percent, as 598000 jobs were slashed from US payrolls in the worst single-month decline since December.

From December 1928 to December 1929, total household wealth declined only 3%.

That these huge declines didn't lead to depression mainly reflects, as Romer argues, countermeasures taken by the government.

Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession – a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States – but an economic expansion.

At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities—while still popular in elite colleges and universities—have experienced a significant decline.

What accounts for the significant decline in humanistic studies today

Obama's popularity may decline as time passes by.

He declines to join the gardening club.

Decline the invitation as early as possible.

A new study from michigan State University, though, argues that all students—including high achievers—see a decline in performance when they browse the Internet during class for non-academic purposes.

Across the developed world, ear use is in decline as more people move to city centers, while young people especially are opting for other means of travel.

But around 2012 these measures started to decline.

Cambridge scientist Peter Wadhams who's been measuring and monitoring the Arctic since 1971, says the decline is irreversible.

However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.

I suspect that some experts in the field will be keen to address alternative explanations, such as unassessed variables playing a role in the well-being decline.

I think that by having people adopt a healthy lifestyle, both from a medical standpoint as well as nutritional and cognitive stimulation standpoint, we can reduce the incidence of cognitive decline, which will be proof that these factors are, in fact, imp

James Burke of Duke University is one of the authors of a study reviewing previous research on cognitive decline.

Now a new study has provided another contribution to the debate, uncovering strong evidence that adolescent well-being in the United States really is experiencing a decline and arguing that the most likely cause is the electronic riches we have given them

Researchers are already asking if motor vehicle use has reached its peak and will decline, but transport planners have yet to catch up with this trend, instead of laying new roads to tackle traffic jams.

So the researchers looked at time spent in a number of activities that could plausibly be driving the well-being decline.

The dataset they used did not include economic data, so instead the researchers looked at whether the 2013-16 well-being decline was tracking economic indicators.

The decline in American Indian languages has historical roots.

The expert review also found insufficient evidence to recommend any drugs or dietary supplements that could prevent or slow cognitive decline.

The quite dramatic unemployment figures, which we now see in some of the countries, strongly suggest that there will be greater pressure on wages in the future, as more people will be unemployed, more people will be looking for jobs and the pressure on em

The researchers also note the recession hit some years before we see the beginning of the well-being drop, and before the steepest well-being decline, which occurred in 2013.

The sudden decline in foot traffic in recent years, even though it hasn't been accompanied by a massive decline in physical sales, is a critical warning.

Unfortunately, activities involving direct contact with people, which contributed to better well-being were found to be on the decline.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

下降;减少;衰退;衰落

If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.

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VERB

婉拒;谢绝

If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.

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N-VAR

下降;减少;衰退;衰落

If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.

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PHRASE

逐渐势微;正在衰退

If something is in decline or on the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.

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PHRASE

走下坡路;开始衰退

If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.

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英汉词典释义

n.

下降, 减少, 衰退

下倾，倾斜，下垂；斜坡，斜面

(力量、健康、品格、权力、价值等的)衰退，衰落，衰微，衰败；减退；堕落

(人、生命等的)衰退期，衰落期；(消耗病如肺病的)结束期；(疾病等的)减退期

晚期，后期，结束期，*后部分，结束部分，晚年

(如太阳)落山，西下

(如一日)终了，尾声

vt. & vi.

辞谢; 谢绝(邀请等)

vi.

(太阳)落下

(道路、物体等)下倾，下垂，下降，下落，歪斜，倾斜

(如一日)接近终了，接近结束，接近末尾，近尾声，行将完结；消逝

(在品格、价值上)降低，降落，减退；走下坡路

缩小；衰弱；消失

堕落；沦落

屈尊，降落

vt.

减少；下降；衰弱；衰退

（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

拒绝，拒不(做、进入、考虑等)

使倾斜，使下倾，使下降；使低垂，使下垂；使歪斜

英英词典释义

Noun

1. change toward something smaller or lower

2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

3. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

4. a downward slope or bend

Verb

1. grow worse;

2. refuse to accept;

3. show unwillingness towards;

4. grow smaller;

5. go down;

6. go down in value;

7. inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"

行业词典

体育： 拒绝；

医学： 减退期：疾病或发作的减退期；衰退：体力及脑力的逐渐退化或消耗；

法律： 下降；