Decline
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- v. 拒绝; 变弱, 变小 n.消减
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I. verb (declined; declining)
- Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French decliner, from Latin declinare to turn aside, inflect, from de- + clinare to incline — more at lean
- Date: 14th century
- intransitive verb
- 1. archaic to turn from a straight course ; stray
- 2.
- 3.
- a. of a celestial body to sink toward setting
- b. to draw toward a close ; wane <the day declined>
- 4. to tend toward an inferior state or weaker condition <his health declined><morale declined>
- 5. to withhold consent
- 6. to become less in amount <prices declined>
- transitive verb
- ? declinable adjective
- ? decliner noun
- Synonyms:
- decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering. decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations <declined his party's nomination>. refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for<refused to lend them the money>. reject implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding<rejected the manuscript as unpublishable>. repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance<teenagers who repudiate the values of their parents>. spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejection or repudiation<spurned his overtures of friendship>.
II. noun
- Date: 14th century
- 1. the process of declining:
- a. a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away
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