1 to refuse:
2 If a noun, pronoun, or adjective declines, it has different forms to show if it is the subject or object, etc. of a verb or if it is singular or plural, etc. If you decline such a word, you list its various forms:
3 when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, or strength:
industrial decline
Home cooking seems to be on the/in decline (= not so many people are doing it).
a decline in the number of unemployed
She seemed to be recovering and then she went into a decline.
5 to refuse something:
6 a change to a lower amount; the process of becoming less in quality or strength:
[ C usually sing ] Unemployment increased this month after a modest decline.
[ U ] Civilization is in decline.
7 to become less, worse, or lower in value:
Milk production could decline by 15% or more in the late summer months.
Even though interest rates could decline further, they are now near their lowest point.
decline sharply/rapidly/dramatically
Among economists, the widespread view is that the dollar will keep declining.
9 a reduction in the value or amount of something, for example a currency or sales:
10 a situation in which a company, country, or financial market gradually becomes less valuable, makes less profit, or produces less:
The latest opinion poll shows that the president's popularity has declined.
Profits have declined as a result of the recent drop in sales.
The levels of trade union and political activism in this country have greatly declined in the past 15 years.
Her popularity has declined since her triumphal return from exile two years ago.
Their economy has expanded enormously, while ours, by/in contrast, has declined.
When she was asked if she had any ambition to become prime minister, she respectfully declined to answer the question.
A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.
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下行, (逐漸)減少,衰落,降低, 拒絕…
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