declines

英 [dɪˈklaɪnz]

美 [dɪˈklaɪnz]

v.  减少; 下降; 衰弱; 衰退; 谢绝; 婉言拒绝; (根据名词、形容词或代词在句中的作用)变格，使发生词形变化
decline的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If somethingdeclines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  1. 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。
  2. 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%。
  3. Union membership and union power are declining fast.
     工会的人数和力量都在迅速萎缩。
  4. ...a declining birth rate.
     呈下降态势的人口出生率
• VERB 婉拒;谢绝
  If youdeclinesomething ordecline todo something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
  1. He declined their invitation...
     他谢绝了他们的邀请。
  2. The band declined to comment on the story...
     乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
  3. He offered the boys some coffee. They declined politely.
     他问那些小伙子要不要来点咖啡，他们婉辞了。
• N-VAR 下降;减少;衰退;衰落
  If there is adecline insomething, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
  1. 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。
  2. ...Rome's decline in the fifth century...
     公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
  3. The first signs of economic decline became visible.
     经济衰退的最初迹象开始显现出来。
• PHRASE 逐渐势微;正在衰退
  If something isin declineoron the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
  1. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...
     令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
  2. 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 somethinggoesorfalls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Second, even as the workforce declines, increased education and infrastructure spending will raise worker productivity.
  其次，即便劳动力减少，教育和基础设施投资的增加也会提高工人的生产力。
• My husband's at work and has attractive girls flirting with him but he declines their advances.
  我的丈夫在工作的时候有迷人的女孩与他调情，但是他却否认他们的进展；
• It has historically taken OPEC many attempts to stem price declines.
  历史上，欧佩克都是进行了很多次的尝试才遏制住了价格的下滑。
• Declines were seen across all cities and regions, with the northern region particularly affected, the report showed.
  下降涉及到所有的城市和地区，特别对北方地区影响比较大。
• The result is that code coverage declines over the life of the product.
  结果就是代码覆盖率降低了产品的生命。
• Unless Japan's productivity rises faster than its workforce declines, which seems unlikely, its economy will shrink.
  除非日本的生产力增长速度超过劳动力减少的速度，经济发展才能幸免于难，而这似乎不太可能。
• IDC and Gartner show continued declines in second-quarter shipments ( 11.4% and 10.9%, respectively).
  IDC和高德纳的调查均显示，第二季度全球PC出货量持续下降（分别为11.4%和10.9%）。
• Some of its magazines have suffered steep declines in circulation and advertising revenues.
  该集团旗下部分杂志的发行量和广告收入显著萎缩。
• We saw record price declines on a monthly basis for fourteen of our twenty cities that we reported.
  我们看到记录中价格每月，在报告中的二十个城市中的十四个城市下跌。
• Futures prices recovered from sharp early declines to end with moderate losses.
  期货价格在早盘深幅下跌后出现反弹，收盘时未见严重损失。