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descend和decline区别(decline lessen descend区别)

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descend和decline的区别:指代不同、词性及用法不同、侧重点不同。descend作为动词,含义有下来、下降、来临等,侧重于表示空间位置的由高到低;decline可作名词和动词,含义有减少、衰退、下降、谢绝等,侧重于表示数量或能量的下降。

一、descend的含义及用法介绍

descend和decline区别(decline lessen descend区别)

descend作为动词,含义有下来;下去;下降;下斜;下倾;降临;来临。表示空间位置的从高到低。

例句:The plane began to descend.

飞机开始降落。

At this point the path descends steeply.

小路从这里陡然而下。

Night descends quickly in the tropics.

热带地区黑夜来得快。

Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar...

当我们往下走去地窖时,四周愈见阴冷潮湿。

An uneasy calm descended on the area...

一种令人不安的平静笼罩了该地区。

We're not going to descend to such methods...

我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.

他最终被推翻,整个国家则陷入了混乱。

二、decline的含义及用法介绍

1、decline可作名词,含义有(数量、价值、质量等的)减少,下降,衰落,衰退。

例句:The company reported a small decline in its profits.

公司报告其利润略有减少。

An increase in cars has resulted in the decline of public transport.

汽车的增加导致了公共交通的减少。

Industry in Britain has been in decline since the 1970s.

英国工业自20世纪70年代以来一直在走下坡路。

2、decline还可作动词,含义有减少;下降;衰弱;衰退;谢绝;婉言拒绝;(根据名词、形容词或代词在句中的作用)变格,使发生词形变化。

例句:Support for the party continues to decline.

对该党的支持继续下降。

I offered to give them a lift but they declined.

我主动邀请他们搭车,但他们婉言谢绝了。

Their spokesman declined to comment on the allegations.

他们的发言人拒绝对这些指控加以评论。

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