decline用法
(decline的過去式: declined;?decline的過去完成式: declined;?decline的現在進行式: declining)
1、decline作為不及物動詞v.i.的用法
To bend or lean downward; droop.彎下；低垂；下垂。
例句： The sun declined toward the west.
日已西斜。
To draw to a close; become weak.接近終了；萎縮；變弱。
例句： His health is declining.
他的健康日漸衰弱。
To turn aside; deviate from or as if from a straight course.偏轉；入歧路。
To refuse.辭謝。
例句： He was invited, but declined.
他曾被邀請，但已謝絕。
2、decline作為及物動詞v.t.的用法
To refuse.拒絕。
例句： He declined the invitation with thanks.
他婉謝邀請。
To bend downward; depress.向下彎；壓下。
To inflect with declensional endings, as a noun, adjective, or pronoun.文法使(名詞、形容詞或代名詞的)字尾變化。