| 单词 | decline |
| 释义 | decline (once / 97 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4v When something declines, it goes downhill. If you stop working out, your health may decline. If you want it to improve, you should start climbing inclines instead of coasting down declines. The verb decline means refuse to accept, but the noun decline means a downward slope (the opposite of an incline), or a decrease in quality. At the gym, the treadmill has an incline button to control how steep your climb is. Sadly, there's no button for decline, which would be much easier. Both words contain cline, or "to bend." The prefix tells you which way the bend goes. Decline implies a going, or turning, down. WORD FAMILYdecline: declension, declination, declined, declines, declining+/declension: declensions/declination: declinations USAGE EXAMPLESThe Fiji government imposed a temporary ban on turtle harvesting in 1995 to halt the decline. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Through a spokeswoman, Mr. Prendergast declined a request to discuss his departure. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Schmidt declined to discuss the alleged role of a third person who was arrested, a 27-year-old woman, citing the ongoing investigation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v grow worse Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper worsen ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorateto make better inflame become inflamed; get sore come down, sickenget sick degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, dropgrow worse deprive, impoverishtake away failget worse tumblesuffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat drop away, drop off, fall away, slipget worse sufferget worse lose, sufferbe set at a disadvantage regress, retrograde, retrogressget worse or fall back to a previous condition turn downtake a downward direction fatigue, jade, pall, tire, wearylose interest or become bored with something or somebody wanbecome pale and sickly contract, get, takebe stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness cankerbecome infected with a canker fade, languishbecome feeble rot, wastebecome physically weaker disestablishdeprive (an established church) of its status backslide, lapsedrop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recederetreat change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 2v grow smaller Syn|Hypo|Hyper go down, wane dip go down momentarily wear onpass slowly (of time) dropgo down in value fall off, sink, slumpfall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly tumblefall suddenly and sharply decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range 3n a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current Syn|Hypo|Hyper decay exponential decay, exponential return a decrease that follows an exponential function relaxation, relaxation behavior(physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance decrease, decrement a process of becoming smaller or shorter 4n change toward something smaller or lower Syn|Hypo|Hyper diminution declension, decline in quality, deterioration, worsening process of changing to an inferior state detumescencediminution of swelling; the subsidence of anything swollen ebb, ebbing, wanea gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) erosiona gradual decline of something lossgradual decline in amount or activity nosedivea sudden sharp drop or rapid decline sinking spella temporary decline in health or value slippagedecline from a standard level of performance or achievement epilationloss of hair; the result of removing hair reducingloss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer drop-off, falling off, falloff, slack, slumpa noticeable deterioration in performance or quality decrease, decrement a process of becoming smaller or shorter 5n a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper declination improvement, melioration a condition superior to an earlier condition disuse, neglect the state of something that has been unused and neglected twilighta condition of decline following successes wrecksomething or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation omissionsomething that has been omitted condition, status a state at a particular time 1v go down The roof declines here Hypo|Hyper dip, sink appear to move downward subsidesink to a lower level or form a depression drop to fall vertically 2v go down in value Syn|Hyper correct, slump come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 3n a downward slope or bend 3Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade an upward slope or grade (as in a road) downhill the downward slope of a hill steepa steep place (as on a hill) incline, side, slope an elevated geological formation 1v show unwillingness towards he declined to join the group on a hike Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper refuse accept, consent, go for give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt contract outrefuse to pay a levy to a union for political use regretdecline formally or politely repudiaterefuse to recognize or pay disobeyrefuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient rebuff, repel, snubreject outright and bluntly sit inparticipate in an act of civil disobedience counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weakendestroy property or hinder normal operations balk, baulk, jib, resistrefuse to comply react, respond show a response or a reaction to something 2v refuse to accept 4Syn|Ant|Hypo pass up, refuse, reject, turn down disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down reject with contempt accept, have, take receive willingly something given or offered have, receiveget something; come into possession of dishonor, dishonour refuse to accept bouncerefuse to accept and send back v inflect for number, gender, case, etc., "in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives" Hyper inflect change the form of a word in accordance as required by the grammatical rules of the language |
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