| 主要翻译 |
| decline [sth]⇒ vtr | (refuse: an invitation, etc.) | SCSimplified Chinese 谢绝，婉拒，婉言拒绝 xiè jué，wǎn jù |
| | The Smiths have declined our dinner invitation. |
| | 史密斯一家婉言拒绝了我们的晚餐邀请。 |
| decline⇒ vi | (refuse) | SCSimplified Chinese 拒绝 jù jué
TCTraditional Chinese 拒絕 |
| | I asked my teenage son to clean up his room, but he declined. |
| | 我叫我家正值青春期的儿子整理房间，不过他拒绝了。 |
| decline to do [sth] v expr | (refuse to do) | SCSimplified Chinese 拒绝做某事 |
| | I don't know why John has still got a job when he declines to do any work! |
| | 我不能理解为什么约翰拒绝做任何事，他都还能有工作！ |
| decline vi | (decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 下降 jiǎn shǎo ，xià jiàng
TCTraditional Chinese 下降 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 衰落 jiǎn shǎo ，shuāi luò
TCTraditional Chinese 衰落 |
| | Sales of desktop computers have been declining over the last few years as most people prefer laptops. |
| | 由于多数人倾向于手提电脑，过去的几十年里台式机的销售量一直在下降。 |
| decline vi | (diminish) | SCSimplified Chinese 下降 xià jiàng
TCTraditional Chinese 下降 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 xià jiàng ，jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | The president's popularity has been declining for months. |
| | 这位总统的受欢迎度逐月下降。 |
| decline n | (decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 减少 jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 減少 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 下降 jiǎn shǎo ，xià jiàng
TCTraditional Chinese 下降 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 衰落 jiǎn shǎo ，shuāi luò
TCTraditional Chinese 衰落 |
| | The company wondered how it could reverse the decline in sales. |
| | 这家公司想知道如何才能扭转销售额下降的颓势。 |
| decline n | (weakening, deterioration) | SCSimplified Chinese 衰弱 shuāi ruò
TCTraditional Chinese 衰弱 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 衰老 shuāi ruò，shuāi lǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 衰老 |
| | I supposed my grandmother's decline is inevitable; she is 95! |
| | 我认为祖母的衰老是不可避免的，毕竟她都95岁高龄了！ |
| 其他翻译 |
| decline n | (slope) | SCSimplified Chinese 斜坡 xié pō
TCTraditional Chinese 斜坡 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 坡地 xié pō，pō dì |
| | The car rolled down the steep decline. |
| | 车从陡坡上滑下去。 |
| decline vi | (go downwards) | SCSimplified Chinese 向下倾斜
TCTraditional Chinese 向下傾斜 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 下垂 xià chuí
TCTraditional Chinese 下垂 |
| | The hill declines sharply at this point. |
| | 从这里开始山势陡然下降。 |
| decline vi | figurative (health: worsen) | SCSimplified Chinese 恶化 è huà
TCTraditional Chinese 惡化 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 变得更坏 |
| | His health has declined in recent years, and he can barely walk. |
| | 近年来他的健康状况恶化，基本走不动了。 |
| decline [sth]⇒ vtr | (inflect: a part of speech) (语法) | SCSimplified Chinese 对...进行变格 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 变化...的词形 |
| | The Latin teacher asked his students to decline the noun. |
| | 拉丁语老师让学生对这个名词进行变格。 |