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declines

/dɪˈklaɪnz/ /dɪˈklaɪn̩z/

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noun

下降，跌落

Downward movement, fall.

Examples :

"The steep decline in student enrollment worried the school administration. "

学生入学人数的急剧下降让学校管理层感到担忧。

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noun

下坡，斜坡

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

Examples :

"The road has several sharp declines, so drive carefully. "

这条路有几个急剧的下坡，所以开车要小心。

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noun

衰退，下降。

Examples :

"The patient's declines in health worried the family. "

病人健康状况的衰退让家人感到担忧。

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noun

下降，衰退

A reduction or diminution of activity.

Examples :

"The decline in student attendance was noticeable this week. "

这周学生出勤率的下降非常明显。

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noun

拒绝，谢绝

The act of declining or refusing something.

Examples :

"Context: Someone offers you a second helping of food. Sentence: My declines of more food are becoming increasingly frequent as I try to eat healthier. "

因为我努力吃得更健康，所以我越来越频繁地拒绝再添食物。

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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，美元迅速下跌。

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verb

衰退，下降，衰落

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 :

"Example: "As the day ends, the sun declines in the sky, casting long shadows." "

随着一天结束，太阳在天空中逐渐下落，投下长长的影子。

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verb

下降，减少

To cause to decrease or diminish.

Examples :

"The heavy rain declines the number of students attending the outdoor school picnic. "

大雨减少了参加户外学校野餐的学生人数。

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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。

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verb

拒绝，谢绝。

To refuse, forbear.

Examples :

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

再三考虑后，我想我还是谢绝您的慷慨提议吧。

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verb

变格

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

Examples :

"The Latin student carefully declines the noun "rosa" (rose) through all its cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative. "

拉丁语学生仔细地将名词“rosa”（玫瑰）变格，列出它的所有格：主格、属格、与格、宾格和离格。

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变化，词形变化。

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

Examples :

"The teacher asks the students to recite Latin verbs, and one student declines "amo, amas, amat" very clearly. "

老师让学生们背诵拉丁语动词，其中一个学生非常清晰地把 "amo, amas, amat" 按照词形变化背诵了出来。

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verb

放弃处罚

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."

球队选择放弃这十五码的罚码，因为他们的接球手已经成功接球推进了三十码。