decline

释义

n. 衰退, 跌落, 下降\nvt. 使降低, 婉谢\nvi. 下降, 衰落, 偏斜 on the decline 在走下坡路；在衰退中 decline and fall 衰亡，衰败 in decline 在衰退中

例句

The number of staff has declined from 217,000 to 114,000.

员工人数已从217000人减少到114000人。

Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.

工人每小时的产量在第1季度下降了1.3%。