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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2190 COCA: 2000
declineverbusuk/dɪˈklaɪn/

decline verb GO DOWN

B2 [ I ] to gradually become less, worse, or lower（逐渐）减少，衰落，降低

His interest in the project declined after his wife died.妻子死后，他对该项目的兴趣逐渐淡薄了。
The party's popularity has declined in the opinion polls.民意测验表明该党的支持率已经下滑。
formal The land declines sharply away from the house.地势从房屋那边开始大幅度向下倾斜。

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The latest opinion poll shows that the president's popularity has declined.

Profits have declined as a result of the recent drop in sales.

The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past 15 years.

Her popularity has declined since her triumphal return from exile two years ago.

Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined.

decline verb REFUSE

B2 [ I or T ] formal to refuse拒绝，谢绝

I invited him to the meeting but he declined.我邀请他参加会议，但他谢绝了。
He declined my offer.他拒绝了我的提议。
[ + to infinitive ] They declined to tell me how they had obtained my address.他们拒绝透露是如何得到我的地址的。

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When she was asked if she had any ambition to become prime minister, she respectfully declined to answer the question.

A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.

The official declined to comment on the matter.

Our application for a loan was declined by the bank.

His request for early retirement was declined by his employers.

decline verb GRAMMAR

[ I or T ] specialized language If a noun, pronoun, or adjective declines, it has different forms to show if it is the subject or object, etc. of a verb or if it is singular or plural, etc. If you decline such a word, you list its various forms.（根据名词，代词或形容词在句子中的作用）变格；（使）发生词形变化

In Latin we learned how to decline nouns.学习拉丁语要了解名词的变格。

Idiom(s)

sb's declining years
declinenoun [ S or U ]usuk/dɪˈklaɪn/

B2 when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, or strength衰落；衰弱，衰退

industrial decline工业的衰落
Home cooking seems to be on the/in decline (= not so many people are doing it).自己在家做饭的人似乎越来越少了。
a decline in the number of unemployed失业人数的下降
She seemed to be recovering and then she went into a decline.她的身体似乎开始恢复了，但后来却又变得越来越虚弱。

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The country has been in a very poor economic state ever since the decline of its two major industries.

My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today's society.

The TV series will be axed owing to a decline in popularity.

Orders for new ships are rising, after several years of steady decline.

The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2190 COCA: 2000
decline

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECLINE | DECLINE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤catastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe, significant, substantial災難性衰退；大幅減少；急劇下降；大規模衰退；顯著下降；嚴重的滑坡；相當規模的下降；巨大的衰退➤precipitous, sharp, steep急劇下降➤rapid, sudden快速／突然下降▸➤gentle, modest, slight溫和下降；適度的下降；輕微下跌➤gradual, slow逐漸／緩慢下降▸➤continuing, progressive, steady, sustained持續的衰退；逐漸的下降；穩步的下降◇a steady decline in manufacturing製造業的持續衰退➤general, long-term, overall總體／長期／全面衰退▸➤absolute, inevitable, inexorable, irreversible, terminal絕對的衰退；不可避免的下跌；無法改變的衰敗；不可逆轉的衰退；無可挽回的衰敗◇an industry in terminal decline一蹶不振的工業➤economic, industrial, moral, political, urban經濟哀退；工業衰退；道德淪喪；政治衰退；城市衰落◇the moral decline of the nation這個民族的道德淪喪➤mental, physical智力／體力下降➤population, price人口減少；價格下降▸➤national民族衰落➤seasonal季節性下降➤age-related與年齡相關的下降VERB + DECLINE➤experience, fall into, go into, suffer經歷衰落；陷入衰落；開始衰敗；衰落◇The cloth trade went into gradual decline.布匹貿易逐漸衰落。➤cause, lead to引起衰退；導致衰退◇The increased price of gold led to the decline of his business.黃金價格上漲導致他的生意下滑。➤arrest, halt, stem, stop阻止衰退；止住下滑◇We must halt this decline in standards.我們一定要阻止水準的下滑。➤slow減緩下滑▸➤prevent預防下滑▸➤reverse扭轉下挫➤offset抵消下滑▸➤accelerate, hasten加速下滑▸➤see, witness見證下滑◇We have seen a sharp decline in educational standards over recent years.近年我們目睹了教育水平的急劇下滑。➤lament哀歎衰落◇They lament the decline of old-fashioned communities.他們哀歎老式社區的衰落。DECLINE + VERB➤occur衰退發生◇Most of the decline occurred in the 1990s.大多數衰退發生在 20 世紀 90 年代。➤begin衰退開始PREPOSITION➤in decline在下降◇The industry is still in decline.該產業仍在走下坡路。➤on the decline在衰退中◇His career has been on the decline for some years now.他事業下滑已經有些年頭了。➤decline in在⋯方面的下降◇a steep decline in sales銷售額的陡降➤decline of⋯的衰退◇the decline of small farming communities小農業社區的衰退PHRASES➤the decline and fall of sth⋯的衰退◇the decline and fall of a great civilization偉大文明的衰落
decline

verb¹

 1become smaller/weaker縮小；減弱ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤considerably, dramatically, drastically, markedly, sharply, significantly, steeply, substantially大幅下降；驟降；急劇減少；明顯衰退◇The economy has declined sharply in recent years.近幾年經濟急劇下滑。➤somewhat有所下滑▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒／略有減少▸➤fast, quickly, rapidly快速下降；迅速衰退◇The market for these products is declining fast.這些產品的市場正在迅速萎縮。➤steadily穩步下降▸➤gradually, slowly逐漸下降；緩慢下滑▸➤further進一步下降PREPOSITION➤by減少⋯◇Profits declined by 6% this year.今年利潤減少了 6%。➤from, to從⋯下降；下降到⋯◇The number of full-time staff has declined from 300 to just 50.全職員工的數量從 300 人下降到區區 50 人。PHRASES➤decline in importance, numbers, size, etc.重要性、數量、規模等下降◇This section of the market has slowly declined in importance.這部份市場的重要性已慢慢下降。
decline

verb²

 2refuse拒絕下降ADVERB➤politely, respectfully客氣地／禮貌地拒絕
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2190 COCA: 2000
decline noun
⇨ reductiondecline verb
⇨ fall 1 (The number of tourists has declined.) ⇨ refuse (decline an invitation) ⇨ worsen (sb's health declines)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2190 COCA: 2000
decline
To become less in size, amount or value: crater, decrease, decline...
To become worse: worsen, decline, deteriorate...
To say no: decline, nix, pass up...
To refuse permission, or to not allow something: forbid, decline, prohibit...
The grammatical behaviour of words: agreement, agree with, backshift...
Rates of decrease and the process of decreasing: decrease, reduction, decline...

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