Declining是什么意思？

Declining

英[dɪ'klaɪnɪŋ] 美[dɪ'klaɪnɪŋ]

• adj. 倾斜的，衰退中的；
• v. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的现在分词 )，（道路、物体等）下倾，（太阳）落下，（在品格、价值上）降低；

例句

• A declining workforce has to provide for an increasing number of retired people. 逐渐减少的劳动人口须要供养越来越多的退休人员。
• declining the offer with cool nonchalance 冷淡地拒绝这一提议
• declining soil fertility 正在下降的土壤肥力
• The sun is declining. 太阳在落山。
• The declining securities market yesterday bottomed out and began to rise. 一直衰退的证券市场昨天股票价格下跌到最低点后开始回升了。
• How long can we continue to supplement agroecosystems with energy derived from declining fossil fuel supplies? 由于矿物燃料供应量下降,我们供应农业生态系统能量能持续多久?
• Lyme had its hey - day in the Middle Ages and has been declining ever since. 莱姆镇在中世纪曾名噪一时,但从那以后便日渐衰落.
• Mr. Winkle looked up at the declining orb. 文克尔先生抬头看看落日.
• It is encouraging to read that illiteracy is declining. 从读报中了解文盲情况正在好转,这是令人鼓舞的.
• The nub of the matter is that business is declining. 事情的实质是工商业在萎缩。

英语四级真题

Mass market paperbacks, which have been declining for years anyway, will probably disappear, as will hardbacks for mysteries, thrillers, "romance fiction," etc.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Fully developed, mature, post-industrial societies, such as those in Europe, characterised by stable or declining populations which are increasing in age.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
Late-stage developing nations that are currently industrialising rapidly, for example China, which will experience declining rates of population growth, coupled with increasing affluence (富裕）and age profile
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  例句
  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。 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%。
• VERB
  婉拒;谢绝
  If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
  例句
  He declined their invitation... 他谢绝了他们的邀请。 The band declined to comment on the story... 乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
• N-VAR
  下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
  例句
  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。 ...Rome's decline in the fifth century... 公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
• PHRASE
  逐渐势微;正在衰退
  If something is in decline or on the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
  例句
  Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline... 令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。 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 something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
  例句
  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。