英语释义

1. to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.
There was a general feeling that the country was in decline.

片语

over the hill在衰退中

In A Market Decline在市场下挫

UK Butterflies in Decline英国蝴蝶蹤迹难觅

In The Decline Stage时在衰退期

After Decades In Decline经过数十年衰退

be in steep decline逐步下降

Japan in Decline唱片名

role in the decline角色沦陷

on the decline在走下坡路；在衰退中

Cutoff is in process Decline正在日终处理

Civilwarland in Bad DeclineCivilWarLand in Bad Decline is short story writer George Saunders’s first full length short story collection, published in 1996; it is 192 pages long. The collection has many stories that appeared in different forms in Kenyon Review, Harper's, The New Yorker and Quarterly West.

英汉例句

• Soft drink sales have been in decline for years as consumers grew concerned about the high-fructose corn syrup that sweetened the drinks.

  这几年碳酸饮料的销售一直在下滑，而使用高果糖玉米糖浆的饮料的消费者在增长。

• The peccary that was most commonly traded is a species in decline and the woolly monkey is threatened with extinction.

  市场中普遍见到的野猪是一个数量正在衰减的物种，绒毛猴也一样濒临灭绝。

• The Slavonian grebe, one of Scotland「s most mysterious birds, has been in decline in recent years, with breeding pairs falling from about 80 at their peak during the 1970s and 1980s to just 22 today.

  角??，苏格兰最为神秘的鸟之一，在最近几年里面数量一直在下降。在20世纪七八十年代的鼎盛时期，有孵育能力的角??还有大约80对，而到现在只剩下了22对。

• Their paper editions are in decline in most of the developed world, as readers opt for the web versions on their computers and laptops, or on smart-phones such as the iPhone.

  在发达国家他们纸质版的发行已在下降，读者更多的选择网络版，通过他们的电脑，笔记本，或者智能手机比如iPhone来阅读。

• But if you look closely enough, the signs that the stand-alone player is in decline are all around.

  但如果你看得更仔细些，种种迹象表明独立数字音乐播放器已陷入全面衰退的境地。

• Japan」s economy has been in decline since the early 1990's and recently has been beset by deflation.

  日本经济自1990年代初起便处于衰退状态，而近期则又受到通货紧缩的困扰。

• Businesses that prosper while others are in decline will often receivebetter funding terms.

  在其他企业业绩都下降时，处于上升中的你一定会获得相对较多的融资机会。

• Although tabloid news is in decline in print, it is staging a revival online, where sensationalist headlines attract most clicks.

  尽管小报急速衰落，它正在网上东山再起，在网上一条爆炸性头条就能招来无数次点击。