declined
past simple and past participle ofdecline
| 单词 | declined |
| 释义 | declined past simple and past participle ofdecline decline verb uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/declineverb(GO DOWN)B2[I] tograduallybecomeless,worse, orlower: Hisinterestin theprojectdeclined after hiswifedied. The party'spopularityhas declined in theopinionpolls. formalThelanddeclinessharplyaway from thehouse. to decrease
Deteriorating and making worse
declineverb(REFUSE)B2[IorT]formal torefuse: Iinvitedhim to themeetingbut he declined. He declined myoffer. [+ to infinitive]They declinedtotellme how they hadobtainedmyaddress.
Refusing & rejecting
declineverb(GRAMMAR)[IorT]languagespecialized If anoun,pronoun, oradjectivedeclines, it has differentformsto show if it is thesubjectorobject, etc. of averbor if it issingularorplural, etc. If you decline such a word, youlistitsvariousforms: InLatinwelearnedhow to declinenouns. Linguistics: grammatical terms
Idiomsomeone'sdeclining years Examplesofdeclineddeclined In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Technical regulation and enforcement may have actuallydeclinedin effectiveness until recent reforms were implemented. From theCambridge English Corpus Then, the number of new casesdeclinedquickly. From theCambridge English Corpus In many cases, these measuresdeclinedsubstantially with relatively small increases in genetic distance. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, over time, these facilitating effectsdeclinedsubstantially. From theCambridge English Corpus From the 1930s to the 1950s the incidence of walking to workdeclinedrapidly, but the use of buses and bicycles increased substantially. From theCambridge English Corpus In short, prices havedeclinedthe most in international calls and the least in local calls. From theCambridge English Corpus If theydeclined, families were offered a variety of other options, including telephone contact. From theCambridge English Corpus Interestingly, the number of students who felt that farming would not be their primary occupation haddeclinedsignificantly since 1966. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1960s, the labour force in agriculturedeclinedsignificantly, whereas the total economically active population increased. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the number taking two or more languages hasdeclineddramatically. From theCambridge English Corpus The parasitoids rapidly became firmly established and snout beetle populationsdeclineddramatically. From theCambridge English Corpus He even offered her a piece of land, she says, which shedeclinedbecause she was afraid it would cause trouble in the family. From theCambridge English Corpus The proportion of fatal patients admitted in the morning hoursdeclinedfrom 1976-1984 to 1985-2002, although the difference was not significant. From theCambridge English Corpus During the same period, the industry wages as well as profitsdeclinedby around the same percentage points. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result of the increasingly negative association between the two traits, the variance in wing areadeclinedas selection proceeded. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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