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。
• 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。
• Latin America, Canada and Japan saw declines in volumes, driven by health concerns and public smoking restrictions.
  由于对健康关注度的增加和公共场所吸烟的限制，在拉丁美洲、加拿大和日本，公司的卷烟销量下降。
• Some of its magazines have suffered steep declines in circulation and advertising revenues.
  该集团旗下部分杂志的发行量和广告收入显著萎缩。
• In the first half of 2012, Nike and Adidas had rising sales, whereas Li-Ning experienced declines.
  2012年上半年，耐克和阿迪达斯销售增长，而李宁公司销售下滑。
• The estimated rise takes into account expected slight declines in death rates for some cancers in high resource countries.
  所估计的这一增长考虑到了在资源富裕国家某些癌症的死亡率可能会略有下降。
• 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%。
• Over time, as the US dollar declines, China will inevitably suffer huge losses on reserve holdings.
  随着时间的推移，如果美元下跌，中国持有的外汇储备将遭受巨大损失。
• It is just shown signs of recovery, was not much room for price declines.
  这只是显示出复苏的迹象，已经没有多少余地价格下降。
• 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。