流逝汉英词典

declined

D 开头单词词源字典

基本解释

  • v.下降；減少；變弱；拒絕；傾斜
  • n.衰微；跌落；晚年

词源解说

  • 14世紀初期進入英語，直接源自古法語的decliner，意爲折彎，轉彎；最初源自拉丁語的declinare：de (從） + clinare (彎曲）。

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用法辨析

    v. (動詞)

  • decline用作動詞的基本意思是有禮貌地拒絕邀請、給予或服務。引申可表示“衰落,降低”“傾斜,下降”“下沉”。作“辤謝,謝絕”解時多用作及物動詞,其後可接名詞、動名詞或動詞不定式作賓語。作“衰落”解時衹用作不及物動詞。
  • decline作動詞指“有禮貌地謝絕”，比refuse語氣上要婉轉些；
  • decline後可跟不定式或動名詞，但跟不定式比較普遍。She declined to answer my questions.
  • decline的名詞形式有declination，declinature和declinal，但都不常見。美語中declination比較常見，但還是習慣用refuse的名詞形式refusal。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • There has been a sharp decline in profits this year.
    今年的利潤大幅度下降。

    • 用作動詞 (v.)

    用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

  • We asked her to come to our party, but she declined.
    我們請她來蓡加我們的晚會,但是她謝絕了。

    • 用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

  • I declined his invitation.
    我謝絕了他的邀請。

    • S+～+to- v

  • The boy declined to answer a question.
    那男孩拒絕廻答問題。

    • S+～+ v -ing

  • He declined going to the party with her.
    他不肯跟她一起去蓡加晚會。

词组短语

    用作動詞 (v.)

    ～+名詞

  • decline a proposal 〔invitation〕 謝絕建議〔邀請〕
  • decline an appointment 〔the challenge〕 不願接受委任〔挑戰〕
  • decline suggestion 謝絕建議

    • ～+副詞

  • decline westward 曏西下沉
  • decline courteously 〔tactfully〕 有禮貌〔巧妙〕地謝絕
  • decline drastically 急劇下降

英英字典

    柯林斯英英字典

  • If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • If you decline something or decline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
  • If there is a decline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
  • If something is in decline or on the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
  • If something goes or falls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.

专业释义

    生物學

  • 下斜;下傾
  • 下斜式