declined是什么意思？

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

• I’ve declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party;I’d just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people. 我已谢绝参加皇家游园会的邀请,同那些显赫要人在一起,我觉得实在格格不入。
• He declined to make projections about the next quarter’s earnings. 他拒绝对下一季度的盈利作出预测。
• I declined with much regret your kind invitation. 很遗憾, 我不能接受您的盛情邀请。
• This section of the market has slowly declined in importance. 这部份市场的重要程度慢慢降低。
• He declined an invitation to dinner. 他谢绝了赴宴的邀请。
• She came into the room with her head declined. 她低垂着头走进房间。
• He declined to address the delegates. 他拒绝向代表们发表讲话。
• She has declined into a street girl. 她已沦为妓女。
• 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。
• The boy declined to answer a question. 那男孩拒绝回答问题。

英语四级真题

when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages.
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Students' performance declined
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英语六级真题

From December 1928 to December 1929, total household wealth declined only 3%.
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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。