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decline

英 [dɪ'klaɪn] 美[dɪ'klaɪn]

英英释义同义词辨析考试真题实用场景例句

n. 下降；衰退；斜面
vi. 下降；衰落；谢绝
vt. 谢绝；婉拒

实用场景例句

a rapid/sharp/gradual decline: 迅速 / 急剧 / 逐渐下降

urban/economic decline: 城市衰落；经济衰退

The company reported a small decline in its profits.: 公司报告其利润略有减少。

An increase in cars has resulted in the decline of public transport.: 汽车的增加导致了公共交通的减少。

The town fell into (a) decline (= started to be less busy, important, etc.) after the mine closed.: 这个镇在矿井关闭后开始衰落。

Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.: 英国工业自20世纪70年代以来一直在走下坡路。

Support for the party continues to decline.: 对该党的支持继续下降。

The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year.: 去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%。

Her health was declining rapidly.: 她的健康状况迅速恶化。

I offered to give them a lift but they declined.: 我主动邀请他们搭车，但他们婉言谢绝了。

to decline an offer/invitation: 谢绝对方的主动帮助 / 邀请

Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations.: 他们的发言人拒绝对这些指控加以评论。

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。

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%。

He declined their invitation...: 他谢绝了他们的邀请。

The band declined to comment on the story...: 乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。

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。

...Rome's decline in the fifth century...: 公元5世纪时罗马的衰落

Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...: 令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。

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。

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。

The decline of sales embarrassed the company.: 销路下降使公司陷于财政困难.

His father is on the decline.: 他父亲的身体越来越弱.

同义词辨析

refuse, decline, reject, repel, deny

这些动词均含"拒绝"之意。

refuse：语气较重，指态度坚决，肯定无疑的拒绝。

decline：指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。

reject：多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝。

repel：作"拒绝"解时，语气比reject强。

deny：指坚决地拒绝接受、给予或承认。