| 单词 | decline |
| 释义 | decline1 /dx'klaxn; di'klaxn/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 7A, 2A] say'No' (to); ref use (sth offered): 辞谢; 婉拒(邀请等); 谢绝： t ~ an invitation to dinner. 辞谢吃饭的邀请。 He ~d to discuss his plans with the newspaper men. 他谢绝与新间记者讨论他的计划。 2 [VP2A, C] continue to become smaller, weaker, lower: 绩变小，变弱，变低： a declining birthrate; 在下降中的出生率; declining sales. 销售不景气。 His strength slowly ~d. 他的体力潮衰。 He spent his declining years (= the years when, in old age, he was losing strength) in the country. 他在乡间度过他的晚年。 3 [VP2A] (of the sun) go down. (Jg 太阳)畚下。 4 [VP6A] (gram) give the cases (ie the declension) of a word. (文法)列述(某字)之各种格位的宅尾变化。 → case (3), inflect(1). |
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