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DECLINE

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Traducere în limba română

decline I. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se apleca, a se înclina, a se povârni; a se abate, a devia.

2. (despre sănătate etc.) a se înrăutăţi, a se şubrezi, a slăbi; a decădea.

3. a se diminua, a se micşora, a slăbi, a degenera, a decădea.

4. (despre temperatură, preţuri, curs) a scădea.

5. a se apropia de declin / sfârşit; a apune, a amurgi.

6. a refuza, a renunţa; a se scuza.

7. (gram.) a declina.

decline I. verb B. tranzitiv

1. a înclina, a apleca, a coborî.

2. a refuza, a nu accepta (o discuţie, o provocare, o sfidare).

3. a lăsa în jos, a înclina (capul etc.).

4. (gram.) a declina.

decline II. substantiv

1. decădere, slăbire;

on the decline în stare de decădere / slăbire, a fi în declin / scădere.

2. scădere (de preţuri).

3. ofilire, slăbire, înrăutăţire (a sănătăţii etc.).

4. declin, sfârşit, amurg, apus (al vieţii, al zilei).

5. (înv.) boală istovitoare.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Your uncle, I am sorry to say, is now on a sick bed; from which, considering the nature of his disease—decline—and the stage it has reached, it is unlikely he will ever rise.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

And Martin declined, and was more puzzled than ever.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

But as the day declined, the life seemed to go down too.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He had already ate, and declined staying for their meal.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

Elinor, with great civility, declined the proposal.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

I thought he meant to try his skill, by his manner of declining it yesterday.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

This agent also causes a cytotoxic decline in cyclin A and thymidylate synthase expression.

(Amsilarotene, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding indicating less than normal growth in an infant or child, or a state of global decline in an adult.

(Failure to Thrive, NCI Thesaurus)

Continuous, prolonged administration of goserelin in males results in inhibition of pituitary gonadotropin secretion, leading to a significant decline in testosterone production; in females, prolonged administration results in a decrease in estradiol production.

(Goserelin acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

I am very sensible of the honour of your proposals, but it is impossible for me to do otherwise than to decline them.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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