The amount of time spent in reading each session hasdeclined, from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.
阅读每一部分所花费的时间减少了, 每部分的阅读时间从接近一个小时或更多到接近半个小时。
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decline
英[dɪ'klaɪn] 美[dɪ'klaɪn]
"Conditions in the slum worsened"
"He refused my offer of hospitality"
"he declined to join the group on a hike"
"Interest in the project waned"
"The roof declines here"
"the stock market corrected"
"prices slumped"
"in many languages, speakers decline nouns, pronouns, and adjectives"
1.下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If somethingdeclines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
e.g. The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000...
员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
e.g. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter...
第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1.3%。
2.婉拒;谢绝
If youdecline something ordecline to do something, you politely refuse to accept it or do it.
e.g. He declined their invitation...
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
e.g. The band declined to comment on the story...
乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
3.下降;减少;衰退;衰落
If there is adecline in something, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or quality.
decline的反义词
e.g. There wasn't such a bigdecline in enrollments after all...
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
e.g. ...Rome'sdecline in the fifth century...
公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
4.逐渐势微;正在衰退
If something isin decline oron the decline, it is gradually decreasing in importance, quality, or power.
e.g. Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on thedecline...
令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
e.g. He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is indecline.
他仍是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球选手之一，但他的球技日不如前。
5.走下坡路;开始衰退
If somethinggoes orfalls into decline, it begins to gradually decrease in importance, quality, or power.
decline的近义词
e.g. Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall intodecline.
图书馆是对未来的一项投资，不应任其日趋萎缩。
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1. 拒绝：请不要直接从硬碟删除那些档案,透过管理网站去拒绝(decline)您所不需要的修正程式. 请不要直接从硬碟删除那些档案,透过管理网站去拒绝(decline)您所不需要的修正程式.
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2. 衰退：她会从高高的金字塔上跳下去. 在这12项前提的指导下,舒伯认为,可以根据年龄,将每个人生阶段与职业发展配合. 他把职业生涯分成成长(growth)、探索(exploration)、建立(establishment)、维持(maintenance)、衰退(decline)五个阶段:
3. 减少：但除了少数的几个都心(urban center),多数的小城市,甚至仅离都心远一点的地方,因失业率(unemployment)居高不下,居民必须离乡找工作(in search of work),在人口(population)持续减少(decline)的情况下,整个德东
I wish prices would decline.
但愿物价下降。
The price of 14 inches TV set declined from 400 to 320 yuan each.
14英寸的电视机每台从400元降到320元。
He spent his declining years in the country.
他在乡间度过晚年。
I must regretfully decline your kind invitation.
我很抱歉必须拒绝你的盛情邀请。
The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake.
墙壁因地震而倾斜。
This decline in vigour with the passing of time is called ageing.
这种随着时间流逝的活力衰退就叫做衰老。
There is a sharp decline in unemployment.
失业率急剧下跌。
The decline of sales embarrassed the company.
销路下降使公司陷于财政困难。
a rapid'/sharp'/gradual decline
迅速 / 急剧 / 逐渐下降
urban'/economic decline
城市衰落；经济衰退
The company reported a small decline in its profits.
公司报告其利润略有减少。
An increase in cars has resulted in the decline of public transport.
汽车的增加导致了公共交通的减少。
The town fell into (a) decline (= started to be less busy, important, etc.) after the mine closed.
这个镇在矿井关闭后开始衰落。
Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.
英国工业自20世纪70年代以来一直在走下坡路。
Support for the party continues to decline.
对该党的支持继续下降。
The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year.
去年到这个胜地旅游的人数减少了10%。
Her health was declining rapidly.
她的健康状况迅速恶化。
I offered to give them a lift but they declined.
我主动邀请他们搭车，但他们婉言谢绝了。
to decline an offer'/invitation
谢绝对方的主动帮助 / 邀请
Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations.
他们的发言人拒绝对这些指控加以评论。
The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000...
员工人数从 21.7万减少到了11.4万。
Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter...
第一季度工人每小时的产量下降了 1.3%。
He declined their invitation...
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
The band declined to comment on the story...
乐队拒绝对这一报道作任何评论。
There wasn't such a big decline in enrollments after all...
注册人数终究还是没有出现如此大幅度的下降。
...Rome's decline in the fifth century...
公元5世纪时罗马的衰落
Thankfully the smoking of cigarettes is on the decline...
令人欣慰的是，吸烟量在逐渐下降。
He is still one of the world's most popular golfers, but his game is in decline.
他仍是世界上最受欢迎的高尔夫球选手之一，但他的球技日不如前。
Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline.
图书馆是对未来的一项投资，不应任其日趋萎缩。
The decline of sales embarrassed the company.
销路下降使公司陷于财政困难.
His father is on the decline.
他父亲的身体越来越弱.
It is only in the..year of Rembrandt's death that we detect some decline in the artist's expressive power.
出自：J. RosenbergThe Turf, which had fallen into a decline in recent years had revived wonderfully.
出自：J. G. FarrellYet doe I not decline from thy testimonies.
出自：Bible (AV): PsalmsShe declined to answer my questions.
The amount of time spent in reading each session hasdeclined, from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.
阅读每一部分所花费的时间减少了, 每部分的阅读时间从接近一个小时或更多到接近半个小时。
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