declining 音标拼音: [dɪkl'ɑɪnɪŋ]
a . 倾斜的,衰退中的
倾斜的,衰退中的
Decline \
De *
cline "\,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Declined };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Declining }.] [
OE .
declinen to bend down ,
lower ,
sink ,
decline (
a noun ),
F .
d ['
e ]
cliner to decline ,
refuse ,
fr .
L .
declinare to turn aside ,
inflect (
a part of speech ),
avoid ;
de -
clinare to incline ;
akin to E .
lean .
See {
Lean },
v .
i .]
1 .
To bend ,
or lean downward ;
to take a downward direction ;
to bend over or hang down ,
as from weakness ,
weariness ,
despondency ,
etc .;
to condescend . "
With declining head ."
--
Shak .
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He . . .
would decline even to the lowest of his family . --
Lady Hutchinson .
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Disdaining to decline ,
Slowly he falls ,
amidst triumphant cries . --
Byron .
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The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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2 .
To tend or draw towards a close ,
decay ,
or extinction ;
to tend to a less perfect state ;
to become diminished or impaired ;
to fail ;
to sink ;
to diminish ;
to lessen ;
as ,
the day declines ;
virtue declines ;
religion declines ;
business declines .
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That empire must decline Whose chief support and sinews are of coin .
--
Waller .
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And presume to know . . .
Who thrives ,
and who declines . --
Shak .
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3 .
To turn or bend aside ;
to deviate ;
to stray ;
to withdraw ;
as ,
a line that declines from straightness ;
conduct that declines from sound morals .
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Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies . --
Ps .
cxix .
157 .
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4 .
To turn away ;
to shun ;
to refuse ; --
the opposite of accept or consent ;
as ,
he declined ,
upon principle .
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declining \
declining \
adj .
1 .
decreasing ;
as ,
steadily declining incomes .
Syn :
down (
prenominal ).
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
going from better to worse .
Syn :
deteriorating ,
failing ,
regressing ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
3 .
becoming less or smaller ;
as ,
declining powers of body and mind .
Opposite of {
increasing }.
Syn :
eroding .
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
4 .
drawing to an end ;
waning ;
as ,
his declining years .
[
prenominal ]
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WordNet 1 .
5 ]
146 Moby Thesaurus words for "
declining ":
abjuration ,
abjurement ,
abnegation ,
aging ,
chucking ,
chucking out ,
collapsing ,
coming apart ,
contempt ,
contractive ,
contradiction ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
decadent ,
deciduous ,
declension ,
declination ,
declinature ,
declined ,
declivate ,
declivitous ,
declivous ,
decreasing ,
decrescendo ,
decrescent ,
decurrent ,
degenerate ,
deliquescent ,
denial ,
deprivation ,
descendant ,
descending ,
despisal ,
despising ,
deteriorating ,
diminishing ,
diminuendo ,
dipping ,
disagreement ,
disallowance ,
disapproval ,
discard ,
disclaimer ,
disclamation ,
discounting ,
disintegrating ,
dismissal ,
disobedience ,
disownment ,
disregard ,
dissent ,
doting ,
down ,
down -
reaching ,
downcoming ,
downfalling ,
downgoing ,
downgrade ,
downhill ,
downsinking ,
downward ,
draining ,
drooping ,
dropping ,
dwindling ,
dying ,
ebbing ,
effete ,
exception ,
exclusion ,
fading ,
failing ,
falling ,
flagging ,
fragmenting ,
getting on ,
going to pieces ,
growing old ,
holding back ,
ignoring ,
languishing ,
lessening ,
marcescent ,
nay ,
negation ,
negative ,
negative answer ,
nix ,
no ,
nonacceptance ,
nonapproval ,
noncompliance ,
nonconsent ,
nonconsideration ,
nonobservance ,
on the descendant ,
on the downgrade ,
on the wane ,
passing by ,
pining ,
plummeting ,
plunging ,
putting away ,
putting out ,
rebuff ,
recantation ,
receding ,
reductive ,
refusal ,
regressive ,
rejection ,
renouncement ,
repudiation ,
repulse ,
retention ,
retiring ,
retreating ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
sagging ,
scouting ,
senescent ,
setting ,
shrinking ,
shriveling ,
sinking ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slumping ,
spurning ,
submerging ,
subsiding ,
tabetic ,
throwing out ,
thumbs -
down ,
tottering ,
tumbledown ,
turndown ,
turning out ,
unwillingness ,
waning ,
wasting ,
wilting ,
withering ,
withholding ,
worsening
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