1.“decline”的现在分词
1.becoming less or worse
1.The present participle of decline
1.He said he could not afford to pay all his workers because of declining orders.
他表示由于订单下降，他不可能支付所有工人的工资。
2.Declining GDP would not, in itself, be much of a worry, provided that output per person continued to rise.
如果人均产量持续增长，那么国民生产总值的下降本身并不太值得担忧。
3.He said he would join me sled-length in declining to yield.
他说他将兴我全力合作拒绝让步。
4.The declining literacy of our society has been a major concern of educators for a while now, and yet things are not getting better.
有一段时间，全社会不断下降的文化水平成为教育家们的一大忧虑，然而现在情况仍没有任何好转。
5.Even in her declining years, whenever she would speak of it, her eyes would light up.
即使在她风烛残年之际，每当谈起马驹儿，她都会眼里放光。有光泽的皮毛，光亮的鬃毛。
6.Prince Philip is, I believe, well-known for declining compliments of any kind. But throughout he has been a constant strength and guide.
菲利普亲王因为拒绝各种赞扬而出名。但是，他是一个坚定的支持者和向导。
7.Average selling prices (ASPs) for DRAMs continued to be under competitive pressure, declining by nearly 14 percent sequentially.
DRAM的平均销售价格由于继续受到竞争的压力而相应地下降了14%。
8.There was even a slight increase in purchases of home furniture, which had four consecutive years of declining sales.
甚至是连续四年销售下滑的家具业也在今年出现了些许回升。
9.Annual inflation in the U. S. is likely to turn negative for at least several months next year, on declining energy and food prices.
受能源和食品价格下滑影响，至少明年有几个月的时间，美国折合成年率的通货膨胀率可能会出现负值。
10.These two developments slot nicely into the narrative of declining US power and will no doubt be used to illustrate that very phenomenon.
这两项进展恰到好处地体现了美国国力的下降，并毫无疑问将地被用来说明这一非常现象。