decline to comment
collocation拒绝发表评论
The spokesperson declined to comment on the report.
发言人对该报道拒绝发表评论。
拒绝；谢绝
declining — present participle of decline
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拒绝；谢绝
To say no to something; to refuse or turn down.
She declined the offer to join the committee.
她婉拒了加入委员会的提议。
向下移动,降落,掉落。
To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
变弱或变差。
To become weaker or worse.
使向下弯曲；降低；压下；使弯曲或落下。
To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
使减少或变小。
To cause to decrease or diminish.
decline
Base
原形
declines
3rd person
第三人称单数
declining
-ing
现在分词
declined
Past
过去式
declined
Past participle
过去分词
He declines the offer.
他拒绝了提议。
She declined the invitation.
她婉拒了邀请。
They have declined the proposal.
他们已经拒绝了提案。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
The company's profits have declined sharply this quarter.
该公司本季度利润急剧下降。
He declined to comment on the rumors.
他拒绝就谣言发表评论。
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拒绝发表评论
The spokesperson declined to comment on the report.
发言人对该报道拒绝发表评论。
谢绝邀请
She declined the invitation to the wedding.
她谢绝了参加婚礼的邀请。
价值下降；贬值
The house has declined in value over the past year.
这栋房子的价值在过去一年里下跌了。
质量下降
The service has declined in quality since the staff changed.
自员工更换以来，服务质量有所下降。
急剧下降
Sales declined sharply after the price increase.
涨价后销售额急剧下降。
下降一半
The population of the town declined by half after the mine closed.
矿山关闭后，该镇的人口减少了一半。
拒绝评论（常用于正式场合，表示不愿发表意见）
The spokesperson declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.
发言人拒绝对正在进行的调查发表评论。
拒绝回答（尤指行使沉默权或不想回应）
When asked about his whereabouts, the suspect declined to answer.
当被问及下落时，嫌疑人拒绝回答。
逐渐变成（更糟糕的状态）；陷入
The festive gathering declined into a bitter argument.
这场节日聚会最终变成了一场激烈的争吵。
我拒绝接受人类的末日。
In his 1950 Nobel Prize speech, William Faulkner declared, "I decline to accept the end of man."
威廉·福克纳在1950年诺贝尔奖获奖演说中宣告：“我拒绝接受人类的末日。”
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把 decline 想成‘向下倾斜的线’，数字下跌、健康变差、低头婉拒，都有‘向下’的共同画面，帮助记忆。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal invitations、business offers、official statements 此处表示“拒绝、谢绝”，语气通常正式且礼貌，多用于正式邀请、商务提议或官方回应等场合。日常口语中较少直接用 decline，常改用 refuse（较直接）或 turn down（较随意）。
可作及物或不及物动词，后接名词或不定式；常用搭配 decline in (下降) 和 decline to (拒绝)
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