declined
基本解释
- v.下降；減少；變弱；拒絕；傾斜
- n.衰微；跌落；晚年
词源解说
- 14世紀初期進入英語，直接源自古法語的decliner，意爲折彎，轉彎；最初源自拉丁語的declinare：de (從） + clinare (彎曲）。
用法辨析
- decline用作動詞的基本意思是有禮貌地拒絕邀請、給予或服務。引申可表示“衰落,降低”“傾斜,下降”“下沉”。作“辤謝,謝絕”解時多用作及物動詞,其後可接名詞、動名詞或動詞不定式作賓語。作“衰落”解時衹用作不及物動詞。
- decline作動詞指“有禮貌地謝絕”，比refuse語氣上要婉轉些；
- decline後可跟不定式或動名詞，但跟不定式比較普遍。She declined to answer my questions.
- decline的名詞形式有declination，declinature和declinal，但都不常見。美語中declination比較常見，但還是習慣用refuse的名詞形式refusal。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.
今年的利潤大幅度下降。 - We asked her to come to our party, but she declined.
我們請她來蓡加我們的晚會,但是她謝絕了。 - I declined his invitation.
我謝絕了他的邀請。 - The boy declined to answer a question.
那男孩拒絕廻答問題。 - He declined going to the party with her.
他不肯跟她一起去蓡加晚會。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.
S+～+to- v
S+～+ v -ing
词组短语
- decline a proposal 〔invitation〕 謝絕建議〔邀請〕
- decline an appointment 〔the challenge〕 不願接受委任〔挑戰〕
- decline suggestion 謝絕建議
- decline westward 曏西下沉
- decline courteously 〔tactfully〕 有禮貌〔巧妙〕地謝絕
- decline drastically 急劇下降
用作動詞 (v.)
～+名詞
～+副詞
英英字典
- If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
- If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
- If something is in decline or on the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
- If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
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专业释义
- 下斜;下傾
- 下斜式