decline

释义

v.

下降；衰退；减少；谢绝

n.

下降

网络

拒绝；衰落；下倾

词形变化

过去分词：declined 现在分词：declining 第三人称单数：declines

常用短语 6 组

on the decline

在走下坡路；在衰退中

decline and fall

衰亡，衰败

in decline

在衰退中

economic decline

经济衰退

rate of decline

递减速度

decline stage

衰退期；下降阶段

在例句中理解 42 句

1. THE decline of the euro is often treated as a matter for exporters alone.

   现如今，欧元的走软常常被认为只会关系到出口商。

2. For the first twelve years, the decline was a somewhat arresting one: a year of melt followed by one of at least partial recovery.

   在最初的12年里，减小的幅度还稍稍有点可观：融化的冰川接下来至少有一部分还能再次形成。

3. Conclusion: Using human ups to immunize male mice there was no significant change in mating but their fertility decline.

   结论：采用人尿激酶免疫雄性小鼠后雄鼠交配能力无明显改变但是生育能力显著下降。

4. The severity of the economic decline prompted Mr. Otellini to make a rare speech tied to investing in the United States, he said.

   经济下滑的严峻局势促使奥特利尼做了一场与美国投资紧紧相连的珍贵的演讲。

5. "We have had the perfect lull, but it is not a turning point when prices will continue to decline, " he said.

   他表示：“我们度过了一个完美的间歇期，但这不是一个转折点，并不意味着油价会继续下滑。”

6. Traditional jazz went into a bit of a decline.

   传统的爵士乐有些开始进入衰弱期。

7. Beyond this point, the engine torque decreases more rapidly with an increase of speed. This results in a decline of power output.

   随着转速的进一步提高，平均有效压力降低，因为越来越多损失在空气感应阀组，引擎扭矩也下降。

8. The decline and fall of the American car industry is relatively easy to summarise, and the Hummer is its reductio.

   美国汽车业的衰亡相对比较容易概括总结，悍马正是美国汽车业的缩影。

9. But while online advertising has grown, it has not increased quickly enough to make up for the decline in traditional print advertising.

   但是，虽然网络广告业务有所增长，但其增速不足以弥补了传统印刷广告的下滑。

10. A Wey spokesman says that the decline in Wey-linked stocks mirrors that of Chinese stocks traded in the U. S. in general.

    韦的发言人说，与韦有关的股票出现下跌是在美上市中国公司股票总体下跌的反映。

11. With just a light skip, it falls, never leaving people the image of decline, though it has never been flamboyant .

    它只轻轻一跳，落了，从不给人以衰弱的印象，尽管，它不曾艳丽。

12. However, Pascal Lamy, its director-general, said the decline appeared to be slowing.

    不过，世贸组织总干事帕斯卡尔-拉米（PascalLamy）表示，贸易量的下降似乎正在放缓。

13. "THAT Used To Be Us" is the title of one of the latest books to lament America's decline from its former self.

    最近那些哀悼美国衰落、叹息其大不如前的书籍中，有一本名为《我们曾经如斯》。

14. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) began to lower interest rates in July 1991, soon after property prices began to decline.

    房地产价格一开始下降，日本银行就于1991年7月开始降低利率。

15. One of the main reasons was a sharp decline in new export orders, with manufacturers blaming slacker demand in Europe and China.

    主要原因之一，据生产者称，是欧洲和中国出口需求的剧减。

16. SAM : Well, you know, you were just talking to me a minute ago about the precipitous decline in advertising revenue.

    要知道，一分钟前你还在跟我讨论报纸广告下滑的问题。

17. It teaches that living with decline is not always a question of denial: decline can be a seductive choice.

    此书给我们传达了这样的讯息：忍受衰落时常不是否定一切的问题---衰落能成为一个有诱惑力的抉择。

18. Bonnell said he expects next year's sales to be flat, or even decline, depending on how the global financial crisis plays out.

    邦内尔说他预计明年销量将持平甚至下滑，取决于全球金融危机的走势如何。

19. A decline in physical communication in an increasingly Web-based society was also a factor, he said.

    此外，互联网的日益普及造成人们身体接触的减少也是其中的一个因素。

20. They gossiped together over the corpse, related anecdotes, with embellishments, of her lingering decline, and its real or supposed cause.

    他们一起在尸体旁边聊天，加油添醋地谈她缠绵枕席时种种轶闻，以及生病的真正的或想象的原因。

21. A year ago, it looked as if Volkswagen was in terminal decline.

    一年前，大众汽车似乎已经处于穷途末路。

22. Pinker convincingly demonstrates that there has been a dramatic decline in violence, and he is persuasive about the causes of that decline.

    Pinker令人信服地向我们展示了暴力行为大幅下降的趋势，其列出的原因也是有说服力的。

23. When I was a year of torment from nothing, I began to decline. Since then the result is the cause of it.

    当我一年折腾下来一无所有的时候，我开始低落。从此对事业也就高不成低不就了。

24. In the beginning of the reformation in China, the movement returned to glory again, thus later it had to decline in the market economy.

    改革开放初期它曾一度重返荣耀，但在市场经济时代，它又无可奈何地走向式微。

25. The rise and decline of the festival reveals the interaction of official force folk force and how much the interaction is.

    寒食节兴衰的历史反映了官方力量和民间力量的相互作用，也在一定范围内反映出这种作用的深度和广度。

26. The company said the action was 'in response to a precipitous decline in our business over the last 30 days.

    该公司表示，裁员是针对过赴30天来业务急剧下滑然而采取的行动。

27. Indeed, some had been hoping for a modest decline in the first quarter to take some of the heat out of the market.

    事实上，一些人曾经希望中国股市在第一季度小幅下跌，以便为市场降降温。

28. He'd text me while hanging out with friends he'd told and ask me to tag along. I'd decline. I honestly didn't want things to end with him.

    他跟朋友在外面玩的时候他给我发短信让我也一起过来，但是我拒绝了。

29. He saw a decline in his power of walking and thought his "memory not so faithful as it used to be. "

    他感到了走路越发没有力气就想他的“记忆已经不像过去那么可信了”。

30. But the most obvious effect so far of the prospect of more quantitative easing by the Fed has been a decline in the U. S. dollar.

    但到目前为止，美联储出台更多定量宽松举措的前景所产生的最显著影响是造成了美元的跌势。

31. Official figures show a sharp decline in the number of foreign tourists.

    官方数字显示外国游客数量骤降。

32. Offered the position of chairman, Smith declined, preferring to keep his current job.

    对担任主席的邀约，史密斯拒绝了，他宁愿留在现在的职位上。

33. Mary declined a hot drink and went to her room.

    玛丽谢绝了热饮料，到自己的房间去了。

34. The minister declined to comment (= refused to speak to people who report the news ) about the progress of the peace talks.

    部长拒绝就和谈进程发表评论。

35. Spending on information technology has declined.

    用于信息技术的支出减少了。

36. Car sales have declined by a quarter.

    汽车销量下滑了四分之一。

37. After the war, the city declined in importance.

    战后这座城市的重要性下降了。

38. The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.

    员工人数已从217000人减少到114000人。

39. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.

    工人每小时的产量在第1季度下降了1.3%。

40. Her health has been declining progressively for several months.

    几个月来她的健康状况不断恶化。

41. the economic decline faced by many cities

    许多城市面临的经济衰退

42. There has been a decline in the size of families.

    家庭的规模已有缩小。