| 单词 | on the decline |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the decline a. The process of declining or sinking to a weaker or inferior condition; gradual loss of force, vigour, vitality, or excellence of quality; falling off, decay, diminution, deterioration. on the decline: in a declining state; declining, falling off. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition rureOE ebbingc1200 fallc1225 declinea1327 downfallingc1330 downfalla1400 fall of mana1400 wanea1400 ruinc1405 wrack1426 inclinationc1450 declination1533 labefactation1535 ebb1555 falling off1577 declining1581 inclining1590 declension1604 downset1608 neck-breaka1658 overseta1658 lapsing1665 reducement1667 lapse1680 labefaction1792 downshift1839 subsidence1839 downgrade1857 downturn1858 downslide1889 downswing1922 turn-down1957 tail-off1975 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [noun] damage1300 declinea1327 ebbc1400 mischange1561 dotage1606 failancea1627 fallback1830 downgrade1857 slide1884 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off declinea1327 fadea1400 paira1400 declining1481 vading1570 fall1590 hield1599 languishment1617 decay1636 defalcation1649 decidence1655 fall-off1676 falling off1761 fallaway1879 downswing1922 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [phrase] > falling off on, upon the wane1548 on the decline1892 a1327 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 154 Al hit cometh in declyn this gigelotes geren. c1430 J. Lydgate Story of Thebes iii. (R.) The high noblesse shall draw to decline Of Greekes blood. 1638 C. Aleyn Hist. Henrie VII 138 When Bodies cease to grow, 'tis the presage Of a decline to their decrepit Age. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 78. ⁋4 The Lady had actually lost one Eye, and the other was very much upon the Decline. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. ix. 130 The decline of my daughter's health. 1776 E. Gibbon (title) History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. viii. 436 The ascendancy, decline, and final overthrow of the Mahrattas. 1892 Law Times 92 138/1 It is said that reading in barristers' chambers is on the decline. < as lemmas |
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