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adj. 下滑的；衰退的；傾斜的
v. 下降；衰退；婉謝（decline 的ing形式）
The declining sales has had a huge impact on the company's development.
下降的銷售額對該公司的發展産生了極大影響。
This declining company is in danger of going bankrupt.
這個衰退的公司面臨破産的危險。
The declining budget seriously affected the progress of this project.
預算減少嚴重影響了這個項目的進度。
The bug population is declining rapidly, and if it continues, we won't be able to feed the planet.
昆蟲數量正急劇減少，如果持續下去的話，我們将無法養活整個地球的人類。
The news comes after years of declining sales and troubles in the stock market.
多年的銷量下滑和股市風波後，出售新聞發布。
Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.
官方統計數據表明實際工資水平下降了24％。
The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.
樵夫們說他們的工作因不斷下降的木材銷售而面臨消亡。
The material position of the Church had been declining since the late eighteenth century.
自18世紀晚期以來，教堂的世俗地位一直在下降。
Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring, despite a few upward blips in recent weeks.
盡管最近幾周突然出現了幾次短暫回升，利率自去年春季以來總的來說一直呈下降趨勢。
The prices are declining.
價格下降。
declining industries
夕陽産業
declining population
人口下降
declining years
n. 垂暮之年；老年
adj.|gradient/recessionary;下滑的；衰退的；傾斜的
v.|descending;下降；衰退；婉謝（decline的ing形式）
"Declining"是動詞"decline"的現在分詞形式，在不同語境中具有以下核心含義：
該詞的詞源可追溯至14世紀古法語"decliner"，原意為"向下彎曲"，詞根包含拉丁語"de-"（向下）和"clinare"（傾斜）的複合結構，這種空間意象延伸出當代"衰退"的核心語義（詞源線上，https://www.etymonline.com/word/decline）。
“declining”是動詞“decline”的現在分詞形式，主要有以下含義和用法：
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