deny/decline/rebuff/refuse/reject.导航词义：拒绝

1. deny:v. 拒绝，不允许.指不允许某人拥有某物或做某事。

He was denied entry to the country.

他被拒绝进入该国。

She could deny him nothing.

她对他有求必应。

2. decline:v. 拒绝.指婉言谢绝他人的帮助、邀请等。

My wife declined Mrs. Green's invitation to dinner.

我夫人谢绝了格林太太的晚宴邀请。

Poor as he was, Mr. Brown declined a large sum of money from the charity.

布朗先生虽然很穷，却谢绝了慈善团体的一大笔捐款。

We agreed to offer him a lift but he declined.

我们同意让他搭车，但是他却谢绝了。

3. rebuff:v. 回绝，断然拒绝.指很不友好地拒绝别人善意的建议或帮助。

She rebuffed all his offers of friendship.

她断然拒绝了他所有的友好表示。

4. refuse:v. 拒绝，回绝.普通用词，指拒绝做某事或接受别人所给之物，作后者解时常可与turn down 换用。

She refused to go there alone.

她拒绝一个人到那里去。

She asked him to come with her, but he refused.

她叫他一起来，但是他拒绝了。

He refused a second cup of coffee.

他谢绝了第二杯咖啡。

The suggestion seems too good to refuse/turn down.

这个建议太好了，让人难以拒绝。

5. reject:v. 拒绝.指拒绝接受或考虑某事，或指由于不能让人满意而不接受、不录取等。

They rejected my proposal.

他们否决了我的建议。

He rejected calls for his resignation.

他对要求他辞职的呼声置之不理。

My brother was rejected by the army because of his poor eyesight.

我弟弟因为视力不好未能参军。

全部

1·The industry has slid into decline.

这个行业已成衰退之势。《牛津词典》

2·Support for the party continues to decline.

对该党的支持继续下降。《牛津词典》

3·They failed to arrest the company's decline.

他们未能阻止公司的衰落。《牛津词典》

4·My initial reaction was to decline the offer.

我最初的反应是要婉言谢绝这个提议。《牛津词典》

5·Inflation is rampant and industry in decline.

通货膨胀肆虐，工业生产下降。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·The figures represent a general decline in employment.

这些数字表明就业率的总体下降。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.

我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。《牛津词典》

8·After years of neglect and decline, the city was cleaning itself up.

在多年的荒废和衰退之后，该城市在进行自我整治。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.

政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.

我认为我们可以非常准确的推断出西方文明衰落的年代。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

下降

1·Support for the party continues to decline.

对该党的支持继续下降。《牛津词典》

2·At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.

按照目前的下降速度，许多雨林动物不到十年就会绝种。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·But around 2012 these measures started to decline.

但在2012年左右，这些指标开始下降。

4·It has experienced an overall decline in air quality.

空气质量整体下降了。

5·Even well-paid workers sensed their decline in status.

即使是高薪工人也感到自己的地位在下降。

衰退

1·The industry has slid into decline.

这个行业已成衰退之势。《牛津词典》

2·Down that path lies economic decline.

沿着这条路走下去的结果就是经济衰退。

3·Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.

或许繁荣增长和萧条衰退最好的例子就是大浅滩的渔业。

4·This suggests the possibility that lifestyle factors might help prevent or delay this type of decline.

这表明生活方式因素可能会有助于预防或延缓这种衰退。

5·Forest decline is still poorly understood but leads to the loss of a high proportion of a tree's needles or leaves.

人们对森林衰退还知之甚少，但森林衰退会导致树叶和针叶大面积脱落。

衰落

1·They failed to arrest the company's decline.

他们未能阻止公司的衰落。《牛津词典》

2·We need to take corrective action to halt this country's decline.

我们得采取纠偏行动来阻止这个国家的衰落。《牛津词典》

3·I think we can date the decline of Western Civilization quite precisely.

我认为我们可以非常准确的推断出西方文明衰落的年代。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·The closure of the mine was the single most important factor in the town's decline.

矿山的关闭是这个镇衰落的唯一最重要的因素。《牛津词典》

5·The decline in American Indian languages has historical roots.

美国印第安语言的衰落有其历史根源。

拒绝

1·How can we make, accept and decline invitations?

我们如何提出、接受和拒绝邀请？

2·Why does the man decline the woman's invitation?

为什么这个男士拒绝了女士的邀请？

3·If asked to check that all paths have stop nodes, you can accept or decline.

如果询问是否要检查所有路径都有停止节点，您可以接受或拒绝。

4·If you decline the license, the Welcome Center will not continue.

如果拒绝了许可协议，欢迎中心不会继续运行。

5·We regret to say that since there is so far no transaction concluded between us, we have to decline your quest for agency.

由于我们双方迄今未成达任何交易，很遗憾我方不得不拒绝贵方申请代理的要求。

衰败

1·Technological change may well reinforce that shift: the skills that complement computers, from management knowhow to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age.

技术变革很可能促进这种转变：作为补充计算机的技能，从管理技能到创造力，不一定会随着时代的进步而衰败。

2·His prosperity is on the decline.

他的好光景日见衰败。《新英汉大辞典》

3·History has lessons to teach about the role of denial in the decline of companies.

历史上的教训已经昌明在各大公司的衰败中否定起的作用。

4·After decades of decline, the city looked like a set for an apocalyptic movie, especially in the crush of winter, when the sky was a perpetual charcoal gray.

数十年的衰败后，这个城市看起来像灾难电影的场景，特别是在冬天的压迫下，当天空一直呈现炭灰色的时候。

5·The collapse of General Motors into bankruptcy is only the latest chapter in a long story of mismanagement and decline.

通用汽车公司的崩坍直至破产不过是管理不善与衰败的历史当中最新的章节而已。

没落

1·The safe bet is a return to the status quo: comfortable decline in experienced hands.

安全的做法是回到以前的状态：在过去经验的指导下舒服的没落。

2·An online survey of QQ Finance showed that, 68.54% of the respondents regarded this purchase as a sign of decline for national brands, and only 24% thought that it was a win-win move.

腾讯财经进行的一项网友调查显示，68.54%人将此次收购看成是民族品牌的没落；只有24%的人认为是双赢的举措。

3·We turn out not to be in decline after all: we are still the superpower the rest of the world envies and fears.

我们证明了我们并没有没落，依旧是世界的霸主。

4·This was the tournament that confirmed the decline of the 4-4-2.

这证实了世界杯赛上442阵型的没落。

5·Spring Road, he cultivated a frivolous summer mania, Summer's manic energy depletion in the autumn, the autumn leaves painted eyeful of that decline to weather the decline.

他却道春的轻浮培养了夏的狂躁，夏的狂躁耗尽了秋的能量，因此满眼秋风落叶描绘了那走向衰败的没落气象。

谢绝

1·We have to decline you acting as our sole agency.

我们不得不谢绝你作为我方独家代理。

2·We have to decline your proposal of acting as our sole agency.

我们不得不谢绝你们作为我方独家代理的建议。

3·I am afraid I have to decline your invitation.

我恐怕不得不谢绝你的邀请。

4·We had to decline the invitation to visit our friends in another city.

我们只得谢绝了去另一个城市拜访朋友的邀请。

5·The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving any excuse.

不用什么借口便知道如何谢绝人家邀请吃饭的人，才是一个真正独来独往的人。

衰

1·But the decline of newspapers will not be as harmful to society as some fear.

但是，报纸的衰裙并不会像一些人所担心的那样对社会造成极大危害。

2·Light person can no symptoms, serious can happen without the urine and kidney function decline in dried picture kidney stones toxic shock and death.

轻者可以完全没有症状，严重的可发生无尿、肾功能衰肾结石图片竭、中毒性休克以及死亡。

3·Different quality is the key of life, life is decided by the light fades. A small decline, long service life, long service life, high price.

不同品质的关键是寿命，寿命由光衰决定。光衰小、寿命长，寿命长，价格高。

4·Aluminum enclosure, good cooling, light a small decline.

采用铝合金外壳，散热好，光衰小。

5·The results show that a large meander of the Kuroshio appeared again during 1986—1988. The formation, maturity and decline of this large meander are explored in this study.

指出1986～1988年期间，黑潮又发生一次大弯曲现象，并对这次大弯曲的生成、强盛、衰消过程做了分析。

衰微

1·The summit can, though, be opposed to decline as evil to good.

虽然如此，颠峰能够跟衰微对立，如同恶与善对立。

2·Though I can only contentedly resign myself to the fate compelling me to work: I'd never dream of doing away with moral rules, since they spring from inevitable decline.

虽然我只能够满足地自己顺服于逼迫我工作的命运，我将不会梦想废除道德轨则，因为它们起源于无可避免的衰微。

3·These actions had injected new vigor into traditional culture, which was in the decline.

他的这一系列举措为衰微的传统文化注入了新的活力。

4·I think the explanation for the decline of paintings in the art world should be the fact that artists are ignoring the skills.

因为在艺术世界中的画衰微应该是事实艺术家正在不理睬技术，我想解释。

5·With the decline of the national power in the middle period of the Ming dynasty, the situation in northern border area became dangerous .

明朝中期，随着国力的日益衰微，北方边地形势趋于险恶。

(1)on the decline在走下坡路；在衰退中

(1)decline and fall衰亡，衰败

(1)in decline在衰退中

(1)economic decline经济衰退

(1)rate of decline递减速度

(1)decline stage衰退期；下降阶段