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decline

/dɪˈklaɪn/

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noun

Спад, снижение

Downward movement, fall.

Examples :

"The steep decline in the student population led to the school closing. "

Резкое снижение числа учащихся привело к закрытию школы.

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noun

Спуск, уклон

A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.

Examples :

"The steep decline of the hill made the bike ride challenging. "

Крутой спуск с холма сделал поездку на велосипеде сложной.

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noun

Спад, упадок

Examples :

"The recent decline in student attendance worried the school principal. "

Недавний спад посещаемости учащихся обеспокоил директора школы.

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noun

Спад, снижение

A reduction or diminution of activity.

Examples :

"The decline in student participation in the after-school program was noticeable this year. "

Снижение участия учеников во внешкольной программе было заметно в этом году.

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noun

Отказ, отклонение

The act of declining or refusing something.

Examples :

"My sister's decline to attend the family dinner was a disappointment. "

Отказ моей сестры прийти на семейный ужин был разочарованием.

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verb

Снижаться, падать, уменьшаться

To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

Examples :

"The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."

Доллар быстро снизился с 2001 года.

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verb

Ухудшаться, ослабевать

To become weaker or worse.

Examples :

"My health declined in winter."

Моё здоровье ухудшилось зимой.

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verb

Склоняться, снижаться, отклонять

To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

Examples :

"The heavy rain caused the branches of the old oak tree to decline. "

Сильный дождь заставил ветви старого дуба склониться.

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verb

Уменьшать, сокращать

To cause to decrease or diminish.

Examples :

"The doctor recommended some exercises to decline the patient's high blood pressure. "

Врач порекомендовал несколько упражнений, чтобы снизить высокое кровяное давление пациента.

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verb

Отклонять, отказываться, уклоняться

To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.

Examples :

"a line that declines from straightness"

Линия, отклоняющаяся от прямолинейности.

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verb

Отклонять, отказываться

To refuse, forbear.

Examples :

"On reflection I think I will decline your generous offer."

Поразмыслив, я думаю, что отклоню ваше щедрое предложение.

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verb

Склонять

(grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender.

Examples :

"The noun "teacher" declines to "teachers" in the plural. "

Существительное «teacher» склоняется в форме множественного числа «teachers».

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verb

Просклонять, повторить

(by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.

Examples :

"The student diligently declined the Latin noun, repeating its different cases from nominative to accusative. "

Студент прилежно просклонял латинское существительное, повторяя его падежи от именительного до винительного.

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verb

Отклонить

To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because the result of accepting it would benefit the non-penalized team less than the preceding play.

Examples :

"The team chose to decline the fifteen-yard penalty because their receiver had caught the ball for a thirty-yard gain."

Команда решила отклонить штраф в пятнадцать ярдов, потому что их принимающий поймал мяч, получив тридцать ярдов.

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