0 a reduction in the amount, importance, quality, or strength of something -- declive
1 to become less in amount, importance, quality, or strength -- decaer
2 If you decline something, you refuse it politely. -- declinar
4 to politely say “no” -- declinar
I declined the invitation. Rechacé la invitación.
I’m afraid I’ll have to decline. Me temo que tendré que declinar.
5 a decrease in amount or quality -- descenso [ masculine ]
a decline in church attendance un descenso en la asistencia a la Iglesia
a city in decline una ciudad en declive
the decline of the Roman empire el declive del Imperio Romano.
It will require courage and powers of persuasion to remove the feelings of uncertainty and fear, particularly at a time of economic decline.
You know the reasons for this decline in 1995 and early 1996.
All of us must be concerned with the continuing decline of rural populations, the deteriorating age profile of our farmers and the real threat to the traditional family farm.
The constant decline in the bee population over a number of years sends out a clear alarm signal.
In the context of declining fish stocks, the problem of by-catch is all the more regrettable.
I sympathise, particularly against the background of declining aid flows in the 1990s.
The major cause of the decline is the ivory trade.
As output fell all over the world, of course, the value of goods traded necessarily had to drop with the decline in production.
中文繁体
下行, (逐漸)減少,衰落,降低, 拒絕…
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下行, (逐渐)减少,衰落,降低, 拒绝…
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declínio, decadência, diminuir…
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低下, ~が減少する, (申し出などを)ていねいに断る…
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düşüş, azalma, gerileme…
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décliner, baisser, déclin [masculine]…
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disminució, declivi, decaure…
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انخِفاض, هُبوط, يَنخَفِض…
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