The government has twice declined to back the scheme…是什么意思？

The government has twice declined to back the scheme…

政府已两次拒绝支持该方案。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

government

n. 政府，政体，治理的形式，管辖，治理；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

twice

adv. 两次，两倍，两遍；

例句
Although he was twice as old as us, he became the life and soul of the company.
虽然他的年纪是我们的两倍，但他却成为了公司的灵魂人物。

declined

v. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的过去式和过去分词 )，（道路、物体等）下倾，（太阳）落下，（在品格、价值上）降低；

例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

back

n. 背，背部，背面，反面，后面，后部，（椅子等的）靠

例句
He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.
他转过头看着这个噤若寒蝉的女孩，又重复了一遍他的问题。