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declined

/dɪˈklaɪnd/

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verb

下降，下跌，下滑

To move downwards, to fall, to drop.

Examples :

"The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."

自2001年以来，美元已经迅速下跌。

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verb

衰退，下降。

To become weaker or worse.

Examples :

"My health declined in winter."

冬天我的健康状况变差了。

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verb

下降，降低，衰退。

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

Examples :

"The wilting sunflower declined its heavy head towards the ground. "

那朵枯萎的向日葵无力地垂下了沉重的头，朝着地面。

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verb

减少，降低。

To cause to decrease or diminish.

Examples :

"The student's test score declined after he stopped studying. "

学生停止学习后，考试分数下降了。

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verb

下降，衰退

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

Examples :

"a line that declines from straightness"

一条偏离直线的曲线

attitude action

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verb

拒绝，谢绝

To refuse, forbear.

Examples :

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

仔细考虑后，我想我还是谢绝您的好意吧。

attitude action communication

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verb

变格

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

Examples :

"Our Latin teacher asked us to decline the noun "rosa" (rose) to demonstrate its different forms in singular and plural cases. "

我们的拉丁语老师要求我们变格名词“rosa”（玫瑰），来展示它在单数和复数不同格的形式。

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verb

背诵, 吟诵

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

Examples :

"The teacher asked the student to decline the Latin noun "rosa" in front of the class. "

老师让学生在课堂上背诵拉丁语名词"rosa"的各种变格形式。

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verb

拒绝接受罚球，放弃罚球。

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."

球队选择放弃这个15码的罚球，因为他们的接球手已经完成了30码的接球推进。