动词下降；衰退；减少；谢绝名词下降网络拒绝；衰落；下倾
1. on the decline : 没落；
及物动词
1. She declined to have lunch with her friend, saying that she wasn't feeling well.
她说她身体不舒服，婉拒了与她的朋友共进午餐。
不及物动词
1. Unemployment declined to 4 percent last month.
上个月失业率降至百分之四。
2.
2. The arts of China have not declined in spite of Western influence.
虽有西方影响，中国的古老艺术并未因此而衰落。
3. As one grows older one's memory declines.
人的记忆力随着年龄增长而衰退。
名词
1. decline的反义词
1. There is a decline in real wages.
实际工资有所减少。
1. 拒绝：请不要直接从硬碟删除那些档案,透过管理网站去拒绝(Decline)您所不需要的修正程式. 请不要直接从硬碟删除那些档案,透过管理网站去拒绝(Decline)您所不需要的修正程式.
2. 衰退：她会从高高的金字塔上跳下去. 在这12项前提的指导下,舒伯认为,可以根据年龄,将每个人生阶段与职业发展配合. 他把职业生涯分成成长(growth)、探索(exploration)、建立(establishment)、维持(maintenance)、衰退(decline)五个阶段:
3. decline
3. 减少：但除了少数的几个都心(urban center),多数的小城市,甚至仅离都心远一点的地方,因失业率(unemployment)居高不下,居民必须离乡找工作(in search of work),在人口(population)持续减少(decline)的情况下,整个德东
1. 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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%。
2. 婉拒;谢绝
If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
e.g. He declined their invitation...
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
e.g. The band declined to comment on the story...
乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
3. 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...Rome's decline in the fifth century...
公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
4. 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.
decline的翻译
e.g. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...
令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
e.g. 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。
5. 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.
e.g. 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。