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decline。
v. 下降，衰退；拒绝，谢绝；变格，词形变化
n. 减少，衰退
短语
population decline 人口不足 ; 人口减少
decline with thanks婉言谢绝 ; 婉词谢绝 ; 直言拒绝 ; 谢绝
Decline stage 下降阶段 ; 衰退期 ; 衰退阶段 ; 职业后期阶段
decline invitation 辞谢邀请 ; 辞谢约请
decline phase [微] 衰亡期 ; 下降阶段 ; [进化] 衰退期 ; 衰亡期或死亡期
Decline of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的衰落
decline an order 谢绝订货 ; 谢绝订单 ; 谢尽订货 ; 拒接订单
wide-spread decline 大面积滑坡
Decline Olympic bench 奥林匹克下斜椅
词语辨析
diminish, decline, alleviate, decrease, reduce
这组词都有“减少，减轻”的意思，其区别是：
diminish v.指因为不断消耗，在数量方面缓慢减少，也指在素质或者价值的下降。
The supply of oil has diminished because of the war.由于战争石油的供应减少了。
decline v. (数目、价格、比率)下降；谢绝，婉言推辞；衰退，衰落。
Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply declined.去年芝加哥的犯罪率明显下降。
He declined our invitation to dinner.他婉拒了我们请他吃饭的邀请。
alleviate v.在痛苦方面的减轻，缓和
The painkiller alleviated the pain.止疼药减缓了疼痛。
decrease v.指数量上的减少；力量或者强度的减弱。
The population decreased a lot last year.去年人口数量急剧下降。
reduce v.指人为地使某物在数量或重量方面的减少或降低。
He reduced the amount of money they could spend.他缩减了他们的开销
别吃哥的菜
recession 英 [rɪˈseʃn] 经济衰退，不景气
英文释义：
A difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed.
中文释义：
对一个国家的经济来说，这是一个困难时期，贸易和工业制造都比平常少，失业人口增多。
双语例句
The recession and hospital bills drove them into bankruptcy
经济衰退和医疗账单逼得他们破产了。
畅吃无阻
衰退的英语是recession。
recession的相关短语有recession cone回收锥，recession limb过程线下降段，recession time地面水消退时间，recession curve退水曲线，recession clause经济衰退条款，recession constant衰退常数，ecession hydrograph衰退线。可造句子如下：
1、Politicians began to use the dreaded R-word: recession.
政客们开始使用令人恐惧的R字头词：recession（经济衰退）。
2、The economy remains deep in recession with few signs of a pick-up.
经济仍深陷衰退之中，几乎没有好转的迹象。
3、Recession has simply accelerated changes that have been reshaping the industry anyway.
经济萧条只不过加速了原本就在改变行业状况的变化。
4、He has had to eat his words about the company being recession-proof.
他不得不收回他说过的公司能免受经济衰退影响的话。
