decline

【1】拒绝

 

①【例】We regret to have to decline your request.

很遗憾，我们不能同意你方要求。

 

②可接用不定式。

【例】They declined to display their products at the fair.

他们拒绝在交易会上展出他们的产品。

 

【2】下降

 

【例】The prices are declining.

物价正在下降。

 

decline

下降

 

一般用单数形式。

【例】Having been informed by reliable circles of a possible decline in price in the near future, we can see still keener competition your products will face.

我们已接到可靠通知，不久价格可能要下降，因此我们可以预见你方产品要面临更加剧烈的竞争。

 

decrease

【1】减少，降低

 

【例】The sales volume of our furniture in the past several months has steadily decreased.

在过去几个月里，我们家具的销售量在不断下降。

 

【2】减少，降低

 

【例】We should analyse the jobs throughout the firm with a view to reorganising them in order to decrease time and expenditure and increase efficiency and production.

为了重新安排工作以减少时间和金钱的耗费、提高效率和生产，我们应该分析全公司的工作岗位。

 

【3】减少，下降

 

后面可接用in sth或of sth。

【例】There has been a decrease in [of] demand.

需求已有所下降。

 

【4】on the decrease在减少中

 

【例】Consumption of sugar in that city is on the decrease [is decreasing].

该城食糖的消费量正在减少。