declines

英 [dɪˈklaɪnz]

美 [dɪˈklaɪnz]

v.  减少; 下降; 衰弱; 衰退; 谢绝; 婉言拒绝; (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
decline的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If somethingdeclines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  1. 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。
  2. 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%。
  3. Union membership and union power are declining fast.
     工会的人数和力量都在迅速萎缩。
  4. ...a declining birth rate.
     呈下降态势的人口出生率
• VERB 婉拒;谢绝
  If youdeclinesomething ordecline todo something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
  1. He declined their invitation...
     他谢绝了他们的邀请。
  2. The band declined to comment on the story...
     乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
  3. He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
     他问那些小伙子要不要来点咖啡，他们婉辞了。
• N-VAR 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If there is adecline insomething, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
  1. 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。
  2. ...Rome's decline in the fifth century...
     公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
  3. The first signs of economic decline became visible.
     经济衰退的最初迹象开始显现出来。
• PHRASE 逐渐势微;正在衰退
  If something isin declineoron the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
  1. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...
     令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 走下坡路;开始衰退
  If somethinggoesorfalls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Their remarks could trigger knee-jerk declines in the euro and the yen.
  他们的评论将会引发欧元和日元的膝跳反应。
• He declines to see them, and intimates the formation of a new family of faith.
  他拒绝见他们，和亲密组成一个新家庭的信念。
• Hearing sensitivity declines with age.
  听觉因年老而衰退。
• Newspapers have been battered by steep declines in advertising and circulation revenue as readers migrated online.
  随着读者向网络的转移，报业因广告和发行收入的急剧下滑而受到重创。
• Declines were seen across all cities and regions, with the northern region particularly affected, the report showed.
  下降涉及到所有的城市和地区，特别对北方地区影响比较大。
• Poland and Romania saw slight declines in project numbers, of 1 per cent and 2 per cent respectively.
  波兰和罗马尼亚的FDI项目数量出现轻微下跌，分别减少1%和2%。
• That compared with declines for all main developed markets, and double-digit declines for India and Russia.
  而所有主要发达国家的股市累计均为下跌，印度和俄罗斯的跌幅甚至达到了两位数。
• Suppliers hope that a rise in sales volumes will make up for the margin declines.
  供应商希望，销量的上升将弥补利润率下滑的影响。
• Second, even as the workforce declines, increased education and infrastructure spending will raise worker productivity.
  其次，即便劳动力减少，教育和基础设施投资的增加也会提高工人的生产力。
• That broke seven months of sequential declines and was accompanied by a rebound in transaction volumes.
  这打破了房价连续7个月下跌的局面，并伴随着交易量的回升。