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decline
/dɪˈklaɪn/VCE📚 2010 4四级六级考研托福雅思高考If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength. 下降
verb [vi. 不及物动词]下降，衰退；拒绝，谢绝；变格，词形变化
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。
noun [抽象名词]减少，衰退
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。
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- Lesson 37 The process of ageing
de(向下) + clin(弯曲) + e → 向下弯曲 → 下降； 衰退
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- 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%。
- He declined their invitation. 他谢绝了他们的邀请。
- He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely. 他要给男孩们来些咖啡。他们礼貌地拒绝了。
- Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline. 感谢的是吸烟正在减少。
- 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种投资，不应该让图书馆衰落。
- They failed to arrest the company's decline. 他们未能阻止公司的衰落。
- Support for the party continues to decline. 对该党的支持继续下降。