ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECLINE | DECLINE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤catastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe, significant, substantial災難性衰退;大幅減少;急劇下降;大規模衰退;顯著下降;嚴重的滑坡;相當規模的下降;巨大的衰退➤precipitous, sharp, steep急劇下降➤rapid, sudden快速/突然下降▸➤gentle, modest, slight溫和下降;適度的下降;輕微下跌➤gradual, slow逐漸/緩慢下降▸➤continuing, progressive, steady, sustained持續的衰退;逐漸的下降;穩步的下降◇a steady decline in manufacturing製造業的持續衰退➤general, long-term, overall總體/長期/全面衰退▸➤absolute, inevitable, inexorable, irreversible, terminal絕對的衰退;不可避免的下跌;無法改變的衰敗;不可逆轉的衰退;無可挽回的衰敗◇an industry in terminal decline一蹶不振的工業➤economic, industrial, moral, political, urban經濟哀退;工業衰退;道德淪喪;政治衰退;城市衰落◇the moral decline of the nation這個民族的道德淪喪➤mental, physical智力/體力下降➤population, price人口減少;價格下降▸➤national民族衰落➤seasonal季節性下降➤age-related與年齡相關的下降VERB + DECLINE➤experience, fall into, go into, suffer經歷衰落;陷入衰落;開始衰敗;衰落◇The cloth trade went into gradual decline.布匹貿易逐漸衰落。➤cause, lead to引起衰退;導致衰退◇The increased price of gold led to the decline of his business.黃金價格上漲導致他的生意下滑。➤arrest, halt, stem, stop阻止衰退;止住下滑◇We must halt this decline in standards.我們一定要阻止水準的下滑。➤slow減緩下滑▸➤prevent預防下滑▸➤reverse扭轉下挫➤offset抵消下滑▸➤accelerate, hasten加速下滑▸➤see, witness見證下滑◇We have seen a sharp decline in educational standards over recent years.近年我們目睹了教育水平的急劇下滑。➤lament哀歎衰落◇They lament the decline of old-fashioned communities.他們哀歎老式社區的衰落。DECLINE + VERB➤occur衰退發生◇Most of the decline occurred in the 1990s.大多數衰退發生在 20 世紀 90 年代。➤begin衰退開始PREPOSITION➤in decline在下降◇The industry is still in decline.該產業仍在走下坡路。➤on the decline在衰退中◇His career has been on the decline for some years now.他事業下滑已經有些年頭了。➤decline in在⋯方面的下降◇a steep decline in sales銷售額的陡降➤decline of⋯的衰退◇the decline of small farming communities小農業社區的衰退PHRASES➤the decline and fall of sth⋯的衰退◇the decline and fall of a great civilization偉大文明的衰落decline
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1become smaller/weaker縮小;減弱ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤considerably, dramatically, drastically, markedly, sharply, significantly, steeply, substantially大幅下降;驟降;急劇減少;明顯衰退◇The economy has declined sharply in recent years.近幾年經濟急劇下滑。➤somewhat有所下滑▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有減少▸➤fast, quickly, rapidly快速下降;迅速衰退◇The market for these products is declining fast.這些產品的市場正在迅速萎縮。➤steadily穩步下降▸➤gradually, slowly逐漸下降;緩慢下滑▸➤further進一步下降PREPOSITION➤by減少⋯◇Profits declined by 6% this year.今年利潤減少了 6%。➤from, to從⋯下降;下降到⋯◇The number of full-time staff has declined from 300 to just 50.全職員工的數量從 300 人下降到區區 50 人。PHRASES➤decline in importance, numbers, size, etc.重要性、數量、規模等下降◇This section of the market has slowly declined in importance.這部份市場的重要性已慢慢下降。decline