| 单词 | decline |
| 例句 | decline verb 1.•she declined all invitations:turn down, reject, brush aside, refuse, rebuff, spurn, repulse, dismiss | forgo, deny oneself, pass up | abstain from, say no to | informal give the thumbs down to, give something a miss. ANT accept. 2.•the number of traders has declined:decrease, reduce, lessen, diminish, dwindle, contract, shrink, fall off, tail off | drop, fall, go down, slump, plummet | informal nosedive, take a header, crash. ANT increase. 3.•standards steadily declined:deteriorate, degenerate, decay, crumble, collapse, slump, slip, slide, go downhill, worsen | weaken, wane, ebb | informal go to pot, go to the dogs, go into/down the toilet. ANT rise.▶noun 1.•a decline in profits:reduction, decrease, downturn, downswing, downtrend, devaluation, depreciation, diminution, ebb, drop, slump, plunge | informal nosedive, crash. 2.•forest decline:deterioration, degeneration, degradation, shrinkage | death, decay. PHRASES in decline •sadly, our volunteer program is in decline:declining, decaying, crumbling, collapsing, failing | disappearing, dying, moribund | informal on its last legs, on the way out. |
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