1·His supporters fell away as his popularity declined.
随着他的名望下降，他的支持者渐渐离他而去。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Share prices on the Tokyo Exchange declined moderately.
东京股票交易所的股票价格稍有下降。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·For example, sleep duration has declined from some 8 hours in the 1950s to 7 in recent years.
例如，睡眠时间从20世纪50年代的8小时左右下降到近年来的7小时。
4·The total market value of real estate in Altonville has steadily declined over the past four years.
在过去的四年里，阿尔顿维尔的房地产总市场价值一直在稳步下降。
5·Their physiological arousal also declined quickly to the same levels as those of the control subjects.
他们的生理反应也迅速下降到与对照组相同的水平。
1·He declined further comment on the grounds that the case was sub judice.
他以案子还在审理中为由拒绝进一步的评论。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Counsel for Potter declined to question him.
波特的律师拒绝向他提问。
3·"We don't buy clothes we can't try on," she'd say when they declined, and we'd walk out in Mama's dignified manner.
当他们拒绝时，她会说：“我们不买我们不能试穿的衣服。”然后我们像妈妈一样庄严地走出去。
4·Officials declined to borrow against next year's state aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase.
官员们拒绝借用下一年度的国家补助金，拒绝削减课外活动，也没有考虑寻求一个更低的（也许是更易接受的）税收增长。
5·She declined the Republican Party's entreaties to run for his seat.
她拒绝了共和党让她竞选他的席位的数次恳求。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·As Permian life-forms declined, they reached a fatal threshold and species succumbed to mass extinction.
随着二叠纪生命形式的衰退，它们达到了一个致命的临界点，物种最终走向了大灭绝。
2·Britain's textile industry has declined markedly especially in the cotton, jute and linen production.
英国纺织业德显著衰退尤其表现在棉布、黄麻和亚麻布的生产上。
3·Wages have generally stagnated or declined over Japan's two "lost decades" of economic malaise (see chart).
在过去日本两个经济衰退的十年里，工资普遍停止或者减缩(见图表)。
4·Output contracted at a record pace, employment fell for the fifth month and work in hand declined, " said Eric Fishwick, head of CLSA Economic Research.
出口收缩速度前所未有，就业率连续第五个月下降，手头的工作都在衰退。
5·And why had it declined?
它为什么会衰退？