noun🔗Share下降，跌落 Downward movement, fall."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。directionamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share下坡，斜坡 A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road."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。geographynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share衰退，下降。 A weakening."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。economybusinessconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share下降，衰退 A reduction or diminution of activity."The decline in student attendance was noticeable this week. "这周学生出勤率的下降非常明显。economybusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share拒绝，谢绝 The act of declining or refusing something."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。actionbusinesseconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share下降，下跌，下滑 To move downwards, to fall, to drop."The dollar has declined rapidly since 2001."自2001年以来，美元迅速下跌。environmentphysicsweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share衰退，下降，衰落 To become weaker or worse."My health declined in winter."冬天我的健康状况变差了。conditionphysiologymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share下降，降低，衰退 To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall."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。actionenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share下降，减少 To cause to decrease or diminish."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。amountbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share下降，衰退。 To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw."a line that declines from straightness"一条偏离直线的曲线。directionactiontendencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share拒绝，谢绝。 To refuse, forbear."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。attitudebusinessdemandactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share变格 (grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and sometimes gender."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。grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share变化，词形变化。 (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun."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。grammarlanguageeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share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."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。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
