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基本释义

vt.
变化(名词、代词或形容词)的词尾,使(静词)发生词尾变化;使变格(如拉丁语puella变化为5个单数形式׃ puella,puellae,puellae,puellam,puella)[参较conjugate]
拒绝，拒不(做、进入、考虑等)：
He declined to address the delegates.
他拒绝向代表们发表讲话。
She declined to say more about the plan.
她拒绝对此计画再说些什幺。
I declined to go along with such a wild scheme.
我无法按这样轻率的计画继续干下去。
谢绝，婉言拒绝，婉辞：
to decline an offer
婉言拒绝一个提议
to decline an invitation
谢绝一个邀请
使倾斜，使下倾，使下降；使低垂，使下垂；使歪斜：
He declined his head in despair.
他垂头丧气。
She came into the room with her head declined.
她低垂着头走进房间。
【语法学】
[废语]避免；防止，挡开

vi.

谢绝，婉辞；(婉言)拒绝：
I sent her an invitation but she declined.
我向她发出邀请，但她谢绝了。
(道路、物体等)下倾，下垂，下降，下落，歪斜，倾斜：
The hill declines to the river.
山脚向着河畔倾斜。
The road declines sharp at this point.
道路在这个地方突然倾斜。
(太阳等)落下，(日)落，没，下沉：
The sun declined in the skies.
太阳在天边落下。
(如一日)接近终了，接近结束，接近末尾，近尾声，行将完结；消逝：
The day is declining.
时近黄昏。
The autumn is now declining.
秋天即将过去。
(力量、体力、精力上)衰退，衰落，衰老，衰弱，减弱：
His health has been declining these past weeks.
过去几周里他的健康状况变得越来越坏。
(在品格、价值上)降低，降落，减退；走下坡路：
The dollar declined on the open market.
美元在公开市场上下跌了。
缩小；衰弱；消失：
to decline in popularity
名望下降
Her popularity declined after 1990's and be retired.
20世纪90年代之后她的名望下降并退休了。
(价格、产值、人口等)下降，减少：
The president said that the gross national product had declined by a big margin.
总统说国民生产总值已大幅度下降。
堕落；沦落：
She has declined into a street girl.
她已沦为妓女。
屈尊，降落
[废语]偏离，背离