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decline noun ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECLINE | DECLINE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEcatastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe, significant, substantial 灾难性衰退；大幅减少；急剧下降；大规模衰退；显著下降；严重的滑坡；相当规模的下降；巨大的衰退precipitous, sharp, steep 急剧下降rapid, sudden 快速／突然下降gentle, modest, slight 温和下降；适度的下降；轻微下跌gradual, slow 逐渐／缓慢下降continuing, progressive, steady, sustained 持续的衰退；逐渐的下降；稳步的下降◆a steady decline in manufacturing制造业的持续衰退general, long-term, overall 总体／长期／全面衰退absolute, inevitable, inexorable, irreversible, terminal 绝对的衰退；不可避免的下跌；无法改变的衰败；不可逆转的衰退；无可挽回的衰败◆an industry in terminal decline一蹶不振的工业economic, industrial, moral, political, urban 经济哀退；工业衰退；道德沦丧；政治衰退；城市衰落◆the moral decline of the nation这个民族的道德沦丧mental, physical 智力／体力下降population, price 人口减少；价格下降national 民族衰落seasonal 季节性下降age-related 与年龄相关的下降VERB + DECLINEexperience, fall into, go into, suffer 经历衰落；陷入衰落；开始衰败；衰落◆The cloth trade went into gradual decline.布匹贸易逐渐衰落。cause, lead to 引起衰退；导致衰退◆The increased price of gold led to the decline of his business.黄金价格上涨导致他的生意下滑。arrest, halt, stem, stop 阻止衰退；止住下滑◆We must halt this decline in standards.我们一定要阻止水准的下滑。slow 减缓下滑prevent 预防下滑reverse 扭转下挫offset 抵消下滑accelerate, hasten 加速下滑see, witness 见证下滑◆We have seen a sharp decline in educational standards over recent years.近年我们目睹了教育水平的急剧下滑。lament 哀叹衰落◆They lament the decline of old-fashioned communities.他们哀叹老式社区的衰落。DECLINE + VERBoccur 衰退发生◆Most of the decline occurred in the 1990s.大多数衰退发生在 20 世纪 90 年代。begin 衰退开始PREPOSITIONin decline 在下降◆The industry is still in decline.该产业仍在走下坡路。on the decline 在衰退中◆His career has been on the decline for some years now.他事业下滑已经有些年头了。decline in 在⋯方面的下降◆a steep decline in sales销售额的陡降decline of ⋯的衰退◆the decline of small farming communities小农业社区的衰退PHRASESthe decline and fall of sth ⋯的衰退◆the decline and fall of a great civilization伟大文明的衰落 |